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30 I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’
    for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”

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30 They are called rejected silver,(A)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(B)

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30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.

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17 My God will reject the people of Israel
    because they will not listen or obey.
They will be wanderers,
    homeless among the nations.

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17 My God will reject(A) them
    because they have not obeyed(B) him;
    they will be wanderers among the nations.(C)

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17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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22 Once like pure silver,
    you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
    you are now like watered-down wine.

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22 Your silver has become dross,(A)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.

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22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

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119 You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum;
    no wonder I love to obey your laws!

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119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;(A)
    therefore I love your statutes.(B)

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119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

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25 I will raise my fist against you.
    I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
    I will remove all your impurities.

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25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](A)
    I will thoroughly purge(B) away your dross(C)
    and remove all your impurities.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

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God’s Mercy on Israel

11 I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

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The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C)

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11 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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Teaching about Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

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Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.(A)

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13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

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18 “Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over—a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead. 19 So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.

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18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross(A) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.(B) They are but the dross of silver.(C) 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,(D) I will gather you into Jerusalem.

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18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

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22 Or have you utterly rejected us?
    Are you angry with us still?

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22 unless you have utterly rejected us(A)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.(B)

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22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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