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 remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love your decrees.
Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water.
Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
Brass
Ezekiel 22:20
just like a smelter gathers all the silver, bronze, lead, and tin to the center of a furnace and injects fire in order to melt it, I'm going to gather you in my anger and rage, make you settle down and then I'm going to melt you down.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,
Lamentations 4:1
How tarnished the gold has become, the finest gold debased! Sacred stones have been scattered at every street corner.
In the midst
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.
Isaiah 31:9
Their stronghold will vanish by reason of terror, and their commanders will be filled with alarm because of the battle standard," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 48:10
Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.
General references
Ezekiel 24:4
Gather together the best pieces of meat on it including the thighs and the shoulders and fill it with the choicest bones.