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
Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver, hath become dross, - Thy wine, weakened with water;
Jeremiah 6:28
They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander-walkers They are bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are!
Brass
Ezekiel 22:20
As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow upon it the fire to melt it, So will I gather in mine anger and in mine indignation, and will let b. and will melt you;
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that - Obstinate, thou wast, - And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
Lamentations 4:1
How is dimmed the gold! changed the most fine gold! Poured out are the stones of the sanctuary, at the top of all the streets.
In the midst
Proverbs 17:3
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Isaiah 31:9
And his own Cliff, through terror, shall he pass by, And his princes shall be dismayed at an ensign, - Declareth Yahweh. Who hath a flame in Zion, And hath a furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 48:10
Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, - I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
General references
Ezekiel 24:4
Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece thigh and shoulder, With the choice of the bones, fill it: