John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 6:30

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, etc.] Or, “call ye them”f153, 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 hath 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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