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Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected them.
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The Verdict: Worthless Dross
Commentators unanimously explain that 'refuse silver' means the people of Judah were not merely impure, but completely worthless like dross. After God's refining process through the prophets, no genuine metal—no true faith or righteousness—was found. They were fundamentally corrupt, not just flawed.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Reprobate - See the margin; not really silver, but the dross.
The Lord hath rejected them - This then is the end. The smel…
19th Century
Anglican
Reprobate silver. —Better, as in the margin, refuse silver; the dross and not the metal; so worthless that even Jehovah, …
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah concludes his subject by saying that if the Jews had been cast a hundred times into the furnace, they would not be improved, as they would…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Reprobate silver shall men call them Or, "call you them" F9, as the Targum; so the Septuagint, Vulgate La…
God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he shows the people’s inability to be corrected.
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