John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 6:30

"Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them." — Jeremiah 6:30 (ASV)

Reprobate silver shall men call them
Or, "call you them" ^F9, as the Targum; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; by whom are meant the Jews, who thought themselves of some account, as silver; being the seed of Abraham, and having the law, the covenant and promises, and service of God; when those that tried them, as the prophets, found them to be nothing but dross; and therefore, if they must be called silver, they could call them no other than reprobate silver; or what is of no account and value; and which is confirmed by the following reason, which contains the judgment and conduct of him that cannot err:

for the Lord has rejected them ;
from being his people; and therefore cast them out of their own land, and caused them to go into captivity.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (Mhl warq) (kalesete autouv) , "vocate eos": V. L. Pagninus.