Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

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. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

“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. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

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. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

“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. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodLeadSinkingGod Dispensing Wind

So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenMetalworkersSkill

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossCalling upon GodGoldSilverTestingAnswers By FireAnswered PromisesRefining Influences Of AfflictionAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseOne ThirdFire Of JudgementGod Will AnswerGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldThings Like SilverGod Answers PrayerYou Are Our GodTestspressuremold

He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness. Verse ConceptsGoldPurificationSilverTestingTrialsGoldsmithsFruits Of RighteousnessPurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionThings Like SilverThings ImprovedRegulating SacrificesBurnout


Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the smith;
Verse ConceptsCraftsmendrossMetalworkersSilverRubbishRemoving People From Your Lifeprocessmold

Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

"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. "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. '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. read more.
'I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. 'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.'"

The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.


Therefore the Lord God of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries
And avenge Myself on My foes.
Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfRetributionGod Executes VengeanceRevengeventing

“Shall I not punish these people,” declares the Lord,
“And on a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?
Verse ConceptsGod Executes Vengeance

"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way." All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. read more.
They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.