Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The house
In the midst
General references
Bible References
The house
Psalm 119:119
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
Brass
Ezekiel 22:20
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.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
Lamentations 4:1
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.
In the midst
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Isaiah 31:9
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.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
General references
Ezekiel 24:4
gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.