Ezekiel 22:18

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Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.

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  • Isa 1:22 : 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.
  • Ps 119:119 : 119 You discard the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore, I love Your testimonies.
  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
  • Jer 6:28-30 : 28 All of them are stubborn rebels, going about with slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly. 29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver, for the LORD has rejected them.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
  • Lam 4:1-2 : 1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street. 2 The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hands!
  • Ezek 22:20 : 20 Just as silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with fire, so I will gather you in my anger and wrath, and I will deposit you there and melt you.
  • Isa 1:25 : 25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purify your dross as with lye and remove all your impurities.
  • Isa 31:9 : 9 Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew how stubborn you are, with your neck as iron sinew and your forehead like bronze,

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  • Ezek 22:19-23
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    19Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because all of you have become dross, I am going to gather you into Jerusalem.

    20Just as silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with fire, so I will gather you in my anger and wrath, and I will deposit you there and melt you.

    21I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in it.

    22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my wrath upon you.

    23The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 22:17
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    17The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Isa 1:25
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    25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purify your dross as with lye and remove all your impurities.

  • Isa 1:22
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    22Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.

  • Jer 6:28-30
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    28All of them are stubborn rebels, going about with slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

    29The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

    30They are called rejected silver, for the LORD has rejected them.

  • Prov 25:4
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    4Remove the impurities from silver, and a vessel will come forth for the refiner.

  • Ezek 24:11-12
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    11Set the pot on its coals empty, so that it may become hot and its bronze burned. Its filthiness will melt away; its corrosion will be consumed.

    12She has wearied herself with toil, and her heavy corrosion has not gone from her; her rust will be burned away in the fire.

  • Ezek 5:4
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    4Then take some of these again, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From it, a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

  • Num 31:22
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    22Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

  • Isa 48:10
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    10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

  • Isa 31:7
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    7For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

  • Zeph 1:18
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    18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • Ezek 7:19
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    19They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has caused their stumbling into sin.

  • Job 28:2
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    2Iron is taken from the ground, and copper is smelted from ore.

  • Ezek 14:5
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    5So that I may seize the house of Israel by their hearts, because they have all turned away from me through their idols.

  • Ezek 36:17-18
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    17'Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their way was as unclean as a woman's impurity in my sight.

    18So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

  • Jer 9:7
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    7Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush.

  • Ezek 22:31
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    31So I have poured out my indignation upon them, consumed them with the fire of my wrath, and brought their own ways down upon their heads, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 20:27
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    27Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

  • Jer 18:6
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    6“Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

  • Isa 30:22
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    22Then you will defile your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, 'Away with you!'

  • Isa 60:17
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    17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze; and instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your rulers righteousness.

  • Ezek 11:18
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    18When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    17Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

    18They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

  • Ezek 24:3
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    3Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot on, put it on, and pour water into it.

  • Mal 3:3
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    3He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, purifying the Levites and refining them like gold and silver, so they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

  • Lam 4:1
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    1How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.

  • Isa 40:19
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    19As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

  • Ezek 37:11
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    11Then He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, and we are cut off.”'

  • Ezek 20:31
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    31When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

  • Ezek 12:2
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    2Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 24:6
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    6Because of the oppression of the poor and the groaning of the needy, 'Now I will arise,' says the LORD; 'I will place them in the safety they long for.'

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  • Ezek 12:9
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    9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’

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