Ezekiel 22:18
“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.
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- Isa 1:22 : 22 Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.
- Ps 119:119 : 119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.
- Isa 48:10 : 10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
- Jer 6:28-30 : 28 I reported,“All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly. 29 The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged. 30 They are regarded as‘rejected silver’ because the LORD rejects them.”
- Prov 17:3 : 3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
- Lam 4:1-2 : 1 א(Alef)The Prophet Speaks: Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. 2 ב(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold– Alas!– but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
- Ezek 22:20 : 20 As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can blow on them to melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you.
- Isa 1:25 : 25 I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.
- Isa 31:9 : 9 They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD’s battle flag.” This is what the LORD says– the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.
- Isa 48:4 : 4 I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.
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- Ezek 22:19-235 verses88%
19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:‘Because all of you have become slag, look out!– I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.
20 As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can blow on them to melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you.
21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, 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 anger on you.’”
23 The LORD’s message came to me:
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17 The LORD’s message came to me:
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25 I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.
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22 Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.
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28 I reported,“All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.
29 The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.
30 They are regarded as‘rejected silver’ because the LORD rejects them.”
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4 Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
- Ezek 24:11-122 verses74%
11 Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.
12 It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!
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4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there 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 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
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7 For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.
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3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
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18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
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19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.
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2 Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.
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5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
- Ezek 36:17-182 verses70%
17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.
18 So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.
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7 Therefore the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?
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31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
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6 “I, the LORD, say:‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’
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22 You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”
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17 Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.
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18 “When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
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17 All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
18 They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
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3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;
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3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
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21 As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
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1 א(Alef)The Prophet Speaks: Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner.
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19 A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
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11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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31 When you present your sacrifices– when you make your sons pass through the fire– you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not allow you to seek me!
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2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
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6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.
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6 The LORD’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.
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14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
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9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you,‘What are you doing?’
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18 They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.
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31 I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.
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18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you.
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15 “Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,‘They have gone far away from the LORD; to us this land has been given as a possession.’