Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
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17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
Proverbs 17:3The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Isaiah 1:25And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
Isaiah 48:4Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Jeremiah 6:28All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
Ezekiel 22:20As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:18-23
The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18 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. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it,… Read the whole commentary →