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
Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver is turned to dross, and thy wine mixed with water.
Jeremiah 6:28
For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man.
Brass
Ezekiel 22:20
like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.
Isaiah 48:4
Howbeit, I knew that thou art obstinate, and that thy neck hath an iron vein, and thy brow is of brass.
Lamentations 4:1
{Aleph} O how is the gold become so dim? How is the goodly colour of it so sore changed? And the stones of the sanctuary thus scattered in the corner of every street?
In the midst
Proverbs 17:3
Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.
Isaiah 31:9
He shall go for fear to his strongholds, and his princes shall flee from his badge. This hath the LORD spoken, whose light burneth in Zion, and his fire in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
General references
Ezekiel 24:4
put all the pieces together in it, all the good pieces: the loin and the shoulder, and fill it with the best bones.