The Meaning of Jeremiah 6:30 Explained

Jeremiah 6:30

KJV: Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

YLT: 'Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

Darby: Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.

ASV: Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Reprobate  silver  shall [men] call  them, because the LORD  hath rejected  them. 

What does Jeremiah 6:30 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Because the people were impure, the Lord would reject them, as a silversmith rejects dross or slag. The implication is that He would toss them aside out of His land.
". . . the imagery is employed not to indicate that judgment would be a refining process but rather to convey its terminal nature; since no purity could be found, no solid silver, the mixture would be cast away as dross." [1]
Because of the possibility of repentance that Jeremiah referred to in chapters2-6 , most scholars believe that these messages date from the reign of Josiah and possibly the early years of Jehoiakim. This would place their origin between627,609 B.C, or a little later. The possibility of repentance disappears later in the book, probably indicating that Jeremiah delivered those prophecies later in his ministry.
Other recurring themes in chapters2-6 , which Jeremiah introduced in chapter1 , include the nations, uprooting and tearing down, destroying and razing, building and planting, and Yahweh watching over His Word. The coming invader from the north, wickedness, forsaking Yahweh, idolatry, and Judah"s leaders and ordinary citizens are also prominent themes. [2]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 6

1  The enemies sent against Judah,
4  encourage themselves
6  God sets them on work because of their sins
9  The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins
18  He proclaims God's wrath
26  He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 6:30 mean?

Silver rejected [People] will call them because has rejected Yahweh them -
כֶּ֣סֶף נִמְאָ֔ס קָרְא֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־ מָאַ֥ס יְהוָ֖ה בָּהֶֽם פ

כֶּ֣סֶף  Silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
נִמְאָ֔ס  rejected 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מָאַס 
Sense: to reject, despise, refuse.
קָרְא֖וּ  [People]  will  call 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מָאַ֥ס  has  rejected 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָאַס 
Sense: to reject, despise, refuse.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation