Ezekiel 22:18
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,
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- Isa 1:22 : 22 Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
- Ps 119:119 : 119 Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
- Isa 48:10 : 10 Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
- Jer 6:28-30 : 28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters. 29 The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away. 30 `Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
- Prov 17:3 : 3 A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.
- Lam 4:1-2 : 1 How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places. 2 The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
- Ezek 22:20 : 20 A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.
- Isa 1:25 : 25 And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
- Isa 31:9 : 9 And `to' his rock from fear he passeth on, And affrighted by the ensign have been his princes -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Who hath a light in Zion, And who hath a furnace in Jerusalem!
- Isa 48:4 : 4 From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
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- Ezek 22:19-235 verses88%
19Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,
20A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.
21And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.
22As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'
23And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
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17And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,
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25And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
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22Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
- Jer 6:28-303 verses75%
28All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.
29The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.
30`Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
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4Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
- Ezek 24:11-122 verses74%
11And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.
12`With' sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire `is' her scum.
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4and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire -- out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.
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22only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
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7For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin.
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3A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.
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18Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!
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19Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.
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2Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass.
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5in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols -- all of them.
- Ezek 36:17-182 verses70%
17`Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me.
18And I do pour out My fury upon them For the blood that they shed on the land, And with their idols they have defiled it.
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7Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?
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31And I pour out on them mine indignation, By fire of My wrath I have consumed them, Their way on their own head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
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27Therefore, speak unto the house of Israel, son of man, and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Still in this have your fathers reviled Me, In their committing against Me a trespass.
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6As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So `are' ye in My hand, O house of Israel.
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22And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, `Go out,' thou sayest to it.
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17Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
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18And they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations -- out of it.
- Jer 51:17-182 verses69%
17Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
18Vanity `are' they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
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3and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set `it' on, and also to pour into it water,
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3And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
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21A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
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1How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
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19The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
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11And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.
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31And in the offering of your gifts, In causing your sons to pass through fire, Ye are defiled by all your idols to this day, And I am sought by you, O house of Israel! I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I am not sought by you.
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2`Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.
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6Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo `to' the city of blood, A pot whose scum `is' in it, And its scum hath not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it hath a lot.
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6Sayings of Jehovah `are' pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
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14Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
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9`Son of man, have they not said unto thee -- the house of Israel -- the rebellious house -- What art thou doing?
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18and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.
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31And I have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men -- artificers of destruction.
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18From the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee.
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15`Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel -- all of it, `are' they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;