Ezekiel 22:18

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.

Psalm 119:119

All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies.

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 6:28-30

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

Isaiah 31:9

His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

Lamentations 4:1-2

How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.

Ezekiel 22:20

As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.

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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.

General references

Bible References

The house

Psalm 119:119
All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies.
Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.
Jeremiah 6:28
They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Brass

Ezekiel 22:20
As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.

In the midst

Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Isaiah 31:9
His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

General references

Ezekiel 24:4
put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

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