Ezekiel 22:18
“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have become useless to me. They are like [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] the worthless copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in a very hot furnace.
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Proverbs 17:3Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and Yahweh similarly examines people’s inner beings to see if they are pure.
Isaiah 1:25I will raise my fist to strike you. I will punish you severely [MET], as though [MET] you were silver and I needed to heat you very greatly to melt you and get rid of the impurities.
Isaiah 48:4I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] as hard as iron or brass [DOU].
Jeremiah 6:28You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. Their inner beings are as hard as bronze or iron; they all continually deceive others.
Ezekiel 22:20People put ore containing silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a very hot furnace and melt them in a blazing fire to burn up the impurities. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you together inside Jerusalem, and because I am very angry with you, what I will do will be as though I am melting you.
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 →