Ezekiel 22:18
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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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Son{H1121} of man,{H120} the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} is become dross{H5509} unto me: all of them are brass{H5178} and tin{H913} and iron{H1270} and lead,{H5777} in the midst{H8432} of the furnace;{H3564} they are the dross{H5509} of silver.{H3701}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Son{H1121} of man{H120}, the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} is to me become dross{H5509}: all they are brass{H5178}, and tin{H913}, and iron{H1270}, and lead{H5777}, in the midst{H8432} of the furnace{H3564}; they are even the dross{H5509} of silver{H3701}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is turned to drosse. C All they that shulde be brasse, tynne, yro & leade, are in the fyre become drosse.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and leade in the mids of the fornace: they are euen the drosse of siluer.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,
American Standard Version (1901)
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
American Standard Version (1901)
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
World English Bible (2000)
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.
Referenced Verses
- 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,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ezek 22:19-235 verses88%
19 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because all of you have become dross, I am going to gather you into Jerusalem.
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.
21 I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in it.
22 As 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.
23 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
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17 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
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25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purify your dross as with lye and remove all your impurities.
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22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.
- Jer 6:28-303 verses75%
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.
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4 Remove the impurities from silver, and a vessel will come forth for the refiner.
- Ezek 24:11-122 verses74%
11 Set 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.
12 She has wearied herself with toil, and her heavy corrosion has not gone from her; her rust will be burned away in the fire.
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4 Then 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.
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22 Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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7 For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.
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3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
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18 Neither 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.
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19 They 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.
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2 Iron is taken from the ground, and copper is smelted from ore.
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5 So that I may seize the house of Israel by their hearts, because they have all turned away from me through their idols.
- Ezek 36:17-182 verses70%
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.
18 So 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.
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7 Their 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.
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31 So 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.
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27 Therefore, 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.'
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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.
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22 Then 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!'
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17 Instead 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.
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18 When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
- Jer 51:17-182 verses69%
17 Every 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.
18 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
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3 Speak 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.
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3 He 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.
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21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.
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1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
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19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
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11 Then 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.”'
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31 When 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.
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2 Son 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.
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6 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot whose corrosion is in it and whose rust will not come off! Take its pieces out one by one; no lot will be cast for them.
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6 Because 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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14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by their idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
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9 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
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18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone.
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31 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.
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18 By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all those watching.
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15 'Son of man, your brothers, your brothers—those close to you by kinship, and the entire house of Israel—are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, "Keep away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession."