Ezekiel 22:18

Easy To Read Version

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [173]} bronze, iron, lead, and tin are worthless compared to silver. \{Workers put silver into fire to make it pure. The silver melts and the workers separate it from the waste.\} The nation of Israel has become like that worthless waste.

Cross References

Psalm 119:119

Lord, you throw away\par the wicked people on earth like trash.\par So I will love your Agreement {\cf2\super [599]} forever.\par

Proverbs 17:3

Gold and silver are put into fire to make them pure. But the Lord is the One who makes peoples’ hearts pure.

Proverbs 25:4

If you take the worthless things from silver and make it pure, then a worker can make beautiful things.

Isaiah 1:22

“Goodness is like silver. But your silver has become worthless. Your wine (goodness) has been mixed with water—it is now weak.

Isaiah 1:25

People use lye {\cf2\super [13]} to clean silver. \{In the same way,\} I will clean all your wrongs away. I will take all the worthless things out from you.

Isaiah 31:9

Their place of safety will be destroyed. Their leaders will be defeated and leave their flag.

Isaiah 48:10

“Look, I will make you pure.\par People use a hot fire to make silver pure.\par But I will make you pure\par by giving you troubles.\par

Isaiah 48:4

I did that because I knew\par you were stubborn.\par \{You refused to believe anything I said\}.\par You were very stubborn—\par like iron \{that does not bend\}\par and as hard as bronze.\par

Ezekiel 22:17

The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Ezekiel 22:19

So the Lord and Master says these things, ‘All of you people have become like worthless waste. So I will gather you into Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:20

Workers put silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into a fire. They blow on the fire to make it hotter. Then the metals begin to melt. In the same way, I will put you in my fire and melt you. That fire is my hot anger.

Daniel 3:6

If any person does not bow down and worship this gold idol, then that person will be quickly thrown into a very hot furnace.