Ezekiel 22:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the tarnish from silver, and a most pure vessel will go forth.

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has turned into dross. Your wine has been mixed with water.

Isaiah 1:25

And I will turn my hand to you. And I will temper your dross unto purity, and I will take away all your tin.

Isaiah 31:9

And his strength will pass away in terror, and his princes will flee in fear. The Lord has said it. His fire is in Zion, and his furnace is at Jerusalem.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.

Isaiah 48:4

For I knew that you are stubborn, and that your neck is like an iron sinew, and that your forehead is like brass.

Ezekiel 22:17

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 22:19

Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have all turned into dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,

Ezekiel 22:20

just as they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace, so that I may kindle in it a fire to melt it. So will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and I will be quieted, and I will melt you down.

Daniel 3:6

But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire."