Verse 18

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.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:22 : 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
• Ps 119:119 : 119 You put away all 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 chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
• Jer 6:28-30 : 28 They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. 29 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
• Lam 4:1-2 : 1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head 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 on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
• Isa 1:25 : 25 and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
• Isa 31:9 : 9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner," says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
• Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;