Verse 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,

Referenced Verses

• 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,