Bible in Basic English
"They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up."
— Jeremiah 6:30-1964, Bible in Basic English
“They are regarded as‘rejected silver’ because the LORD rejects them.””
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.