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 testimonies.
Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become [as] dross; Your wine [is] diluted with waters.
Jeremiah 6:28
All of them [are] stubborn rebels, going about [talking] slander. [They are] bronze and iron, they [are] all behaving corruptly.
Brass
Ezekiel 22:20
like the gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin to the middle of a furnace to blow fire on it for melting. Thus I will gather in my anger and in my rage, and I will {deposit} you, and I will melt you.
Isaiah 48:4
because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
Lamentations 4:1
How [the] gold has grown dim, the pure gold has changed. The stones of holiness are scattered at the head of every street.
In the midst
Proverbs 17:3
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
Isaiah 31:9
And his rock will pass over because of terror, and his officers will be terrified because of [the] flag," {declares} Yahweh, who has a fire in Zion and has a furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 48:10
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
General references
Ezekiel 24:4
Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it [with] choice bones;