Jeremiah 9:7

Good News Translation

Because of this the Lord Almighty says, “I will refine my people like metal and put them to the test. My people have done evil— what else can I do with them?

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:26

But Absalom said, “Well, then, will you at least let my brother Amnon come?” “Why should he?” the king asked.

2 Chronicles 36:15

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, had continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple.

Psalm 120:4

With a soldier's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals!

Psalm 55:22

Leave your troubles with the Lord, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated.

Psalm 62:5

I depend on God alone; I put my hope in him.

Isaiah 1:25

I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity.

Isaiah 48:10

I have tested you in the fire of suffering, as silver is refined in a furnace. But I have found that you are worthless.

Isaiah 59:3

You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder.

Jeremiah 31:20

“Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.

Jeremiah 5:1

People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around! See for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, the Lord will forgive Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 6:27

Jeremiah, test my people, as you would test metal, and find out what they are like.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”

Malachi 3:3

He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the Lord's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the Lord the right kind of offerings.

1 Peter 1:7

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 4:12

My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.