Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:
New American Standard Bible
And will
And will remove all your alloy.
King James Version
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Holman Bible
and will burn away your dross
I will remove all your impurities.
International Standard Version
When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy.
A Conservative Version
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin.
American Standard Version
and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
Amplified
“And I will turn My hand against you,
And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye
And remove all your tin (impurity).
Bible in Basic English
And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
Darby Translation
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;
King James 2000
And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your alloy:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Modern King James verseion
And I will turn back My hand on you, and purge away your dross as with lye, and take away all your alloy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
NET Bible
I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.
New Heart English Bible
and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
The Emphasized Bible
That I may turn my hand against thee, And smelt away, as with potash, thy dross, And remove all thine alloy;
Webster
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
World English Bible
and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
Themes
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Metals » Often mixed with dross
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Interlinear
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Tsaraph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 1:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Purification Of Jerusalem
24 For this says the lord Jehovah of armies, the mighty one of Israel, Wo! I will take vengeance of mine adversaries, and I will avenge myself of mine enemies: 25 And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy: 26 And I will turn back thy judges as in the beginning, and thy counsellors as in the beginning: after this he shall call to thee, The city of justice, the faithful city.
Phrases
Cross References
Malachi 3:3
And he sat melting and cleansing silver: and he cleansed the sons of Levi, and he purified them as gold and as silver, and they were to Jehovah bringing near the sacrifice in justice.
Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver was for dross, thy wine adulterated with water.
Isaiah 4:4
When Jehovah washed out the excrements of the daughters of Zion, and he shall cleanse the blood of Jerusalem from her midst with the spirit of judgment, and with the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 6:11-13
And saying, How long, O Lord? And he will say, Till when the cities were laid waste from not being inhabited, and the houses from not a man, and the land shall be laid waste with desolation.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.
Jeremiah 9:7
For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold me melting them, and I tried them; for how shall I do for the face of the daughter of my people?
Ezekiel 20:38
And I separated from you the rebellious and those transgressing against me: I will bring them forth from the land of their sojournings, and to the land of Israel they shall not come in: and ye knew that I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 22:20
The gathering silver and brass and iron and lead and alloy to the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it, to melt; so will I gather in mine anger and in my wrath, and I put down and melted you.
Ezekiel 22:22
As silver being melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in her midst; And ye knew that I Jehovah poured out my wrath upon you.
Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doing which thou didst transgress against me: for then will I remove from the midst of thee those exulting in thy pride, and thou shalt no more add to be elevated in my holy mountain.
Zechariah 13:7-9
O sword, be raised up against my shepherd, and against the man of my fellowship, says Jehovah of armies: strike the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered; and I turned back my hand upon the little ones.
Matthew 3:12
Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable fire.
Revelation 3:19
I, if as many as I love, I rebuke and correct: be emulous therefore, and repent.