Jeremiah 9:7

New International Version

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?

Cross References

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.

Malachi 3:3

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,

Jeremiah 6:27

“I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Zechariah 13:9

This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

1 Peter 1:7

These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:15

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

2 Samuel 13:26

Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

Psalm 55:22

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 62:5

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

Psalm 120:4

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.