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An Invasion from the North

Jeremiah 6:30

In 11 translations

BSB
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
KJV
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.Reprobate…: or, Refuse silver
WEB
Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them.”
ASV
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
LSV
They have called them rejected silver, || For YHWH has kicked against them!”
YLT
'Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
DBY
Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.
DRC
Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.
GNV
They shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.
JPS
Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
LXXE
Call ye them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֶּ֣סֶף נִמְאָ֔ס קָרְא֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־מָאַ֥ס יְהוָ֖ה בָּהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀργύριον ἀποδεδοκιμασμένον καλέσατε αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἀπεδοκίμασεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
  • Isaiah 1:22Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
  • Psalms 119:119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
  • Isaiah 1:25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
  • Romans 11:1I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
  • Jeremiah 14:19Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
  • Lamentations 5:22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
  • Ezekiel 22:18–19“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you…
  • Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
  • Matthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
  • Proverbs 25:4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

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