Ezekiel 22:18

Highlighting The Sins And The Judgments Of Israel

¹⁷ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 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 the dross of silver. ¹⁹ Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Children of Israel

House of Israel

People of Israel

Son of Man

Israel

Psalm 119:119

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross,
Your drink diluted with water.

Isaiah 48:10

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

Jeremiah 6:28-30

All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
Going about as a talebearer.
They are bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.

Isaiah 1:25

“I will also turn My hand against you,
And will smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.

Isaiah 31:9

“His rock will pass away because of panic,
And his princes will be terrified at the standard,”
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 bronze,

Lamentations 4:1-2

How dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At the corner of every street.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.