Jeremiah 6:30
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30 They are called “rejected silver,”
for the Lord has rejected them.
Hosea 9:17
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17 Because they have not listened to him,
my God will reject them;
they shall become wanderers among the nations.(A)
Isaiah 1:22
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22 Your silver has become dross;
your wine is mixed with water.(A)
Psalm 119:119
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- 119.119 Q ms Gk Vg: MT you bring to an end
Isaiah 1:25
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25 I will turn my hand against you;
I will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.(A)
Romans 11:1
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Israel’s Rejection Is Not Final
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.(A)
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Matthew 5:13
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Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:18-19
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18 Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver,[a] bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.(A) 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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- 22.18 Transposed from the end of the verse
Lamentations 5:22
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22 unless you have utterly rejected us
and are angry with us beyond measure.(A)
Jeremiah 14:19
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The People Plead for Mercy
19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
Does your heart loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
so that there is no healing for us?
We look for peace but find no good,
for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.(A)
Jeremiah 7:29
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29 Cut off your hair and throw it away;
raise a lamentation on the bare heights,[a]
for the Lord has rejected and forsaken
the generation that provoked his wrath.(A)
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- 7.29 Or the trails
Proverbs 25:4
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4 Take away the dross from the silver,
and the smith has material for a vessel;(A)
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