Verse 18

Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:22 : 22 Thy siluer is turned to drosse, and thy wine mixt with water.
  • Ps 119:119 : 119 Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse: therfore I loue thy testimonies.
  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.
  • Jer 6:28-30 : 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away, walking deceiptfully, they are cleane brasse and iron, for they hurt and destroy euery man. 29 The bellowes are brent in the fire, the leade is not moulten, the melter melteth in vayne, for the euill is not taken away from them. 30 Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer, because the Lorde hath cast them out.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.
  • Lam 4:1-2 : 1 O howe is the golde become so dimme? howe is the most fine golde so sore chaunged? and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of euery streete? 2 The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour, and clothed with the most precious golde: howe are they nowe become lyke the earthen vessels, whiche be made with the potters hande?
  • Ezek 22:20 : 20 Lyke as they gather siluer, brasse, iron, tinne, and lead, into the middest of the furnace, and the fire is blowne there vnder to melt them: euen so wyll I gather you in mine anger & in my wrath, and let you remayne there and cause you to melt.
  • Isa 1:25 : 25 And I shall lay my hande vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne:
  • Isa 31:9 : 9 He shall go for feare to his strong holdes, and his princes shall flee from his standerd saith the Lord, whose fire is in Sion, and his fornace in Hierusalem.
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 Howbeit I knowe that thou art obstinate, and that thy necke hath an iron sinowe, and that thy browe is of brasse.