Ezekiel 22:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הָיוּ־לִ֥י בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל *לסוג **לְסִ֑יג כֻּלָּ֡ם נְ֠חֹשֶׁת וּבְדִ֨יל וּבַרְזֶ֤ל וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר סִגִ֥ים כֶּ֖סֶף הָיֽוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

Ben-ʾādām, hāyû-to me bêṯ-Yiśrāʾēl into sîg; all of them nəḥōšeṯ and bəḏîl and barzel and ʿôp̄ereṯ in tôḵ kûr, sigîm kesep̄ they hāyû. s

Grammar Details

*ben*: construct masculine singular noun - 'son of'
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - 'man/mankind/Adam'
*hāyû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - 'they were/have become'
*bêṯ*: construct masculine singular noun - 'house of'
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
*sîg*: masculine singular noun - 'dross/slag'
*nəḥōšeṯ*: feminine singular noun - 'bronze/copper'
*bəḏîl*: masculine singular noun - 'tin'
*barzel*: masculine singular noun - 'iron'
*ʿôp̄ereṯ*: feminine singular noun - 'lead'
*tôḵ*: construct masculine singular noun - 'midst of'
*kûr*: masculine singular noun - 'furnace'
*sigîm*: masculine plural noun - 'dross/slag'
*kesep̄*: masculine singular noun - 'silver'
*s*: Hebrew paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*sîg*: dross/slag/refuse
*kûr*: furnace/crucible/smelting pot

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 1:22 : 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Ps 119:119 : 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Jer 6:28-30 : 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Lam 4:1-2 : 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Ezek 22:20 : 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
Isa 1:25 : 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Isa 31:9 : 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
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17And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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