Ezekiel 22:20
People 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.
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Isaiah 54:16Think about this: ◄Blacksmiths/Men who make things from metal► fan the coals to make a very hot flame in order to produce weapons that can be used in battles, but I am the one who has produced blacksmiths! And I am also the one who created people who destroy other people and cities.
Jeremiah 4:20Disasters will occur one after another until the whole land is ruined. Suddenly all our tents will be destroyed; even the curtains inside the tents will be ripped apart.
Ezekiel 22:21It will be as though I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, and it will be as though you will be melted,
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 →