Isaiah 1:25

New American Bible - revised edition

I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.

Cross References

Psalm 119:119

Like dross you regard all the wicked on earth; therefore I love your testimonies.

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast,

Jeremiah 6:29

The bellows are scorched, the lead is consumed by the fire; In vain has the refiner refined, the wicked are not drawn off.

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: I will refine them and test them; how else should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Jeremiah 9:7

A murderous arrow is their tongue, their mouths utter deceit; They speak peaceably with their neighbors, but in their hearts they lay an ambush!

Ezekiel 20:38

I will sort out from you those who defied me and rebelled against me; from the land where they resided as aliens I will bring them out, but they shall not return to the land of Israel. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:19

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because all of you have become dross, See! I am gathering you within Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:20

Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are gathered within a furnace to be blasted with fire to smelt it, so I will gather you together in my furious wrath, put you in, and smelt you.

Ezekiel 22:22

Just as silver is smelted in a furnace, so you shall be smelted in it. Thus you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out my fury on you.

Zephaniah 3:11

On that day You will not be ashamed of all your deeds, when you rebelled against me; For then I will remove from your midst the proud braggarts, And you shall no longer exalt yourself on my holy mountain.

Malachi 3:3

He will sit refining and purifying silver, and he will purify the Levites, Refining them like gold or silver, that they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Exult with him, you heavens, bow to him, all you divine beings! For he will avenge the blood of his servants, take vengeance on his foes; He will requite those who hate him, and purge his people’s land.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.