Bible Strands
Jeremiah 6:30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Jeremiah pronounces this judgment over the people of Judah at a moment when divine refining has proven futile and purification of the wicked has failed.
The words — The declaration centers on נִמְאָ֔ס (nim.'As), meaning rejected, and כֶּ֣סֶף (Ke.sef), meaning silver, to label a community as worthless metal.
The thread — The motif of discarded dross and divine rejection recurs in Hosea 9:17, Psalms 119:119, and Isaiah 1:22.
Why it lands — The text states that Yahweh’s rejection is final when moral purification cannot occur, demanding the reader acknowledge the reality of sovereign judgment rather than presume ongoing favor.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Cross-references
- Hosea 9:17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Psalms 119:119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
- Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
- Isaiah 1:25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
- Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
- Jeremiah 7:29 Cut 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.’
- Jeremiah 14:19 Have 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 5:22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
- Ezekiel 22:18 “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.
- Matthew 5:13 You 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.