Ezekiel 22:18
New Living Translation
18 “Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over—a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
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Isaiah 1:22
New Living Translation
22 Once like pure silver,
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
Psalm 119:119
New Living Translation
119 You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum;
no wonder I love to obey your laws!
Jeremiah 6:28-30
New Living Translation
28 They are the worst kind of rebel,
full of slander.
They are as hard as bronze and iron,
and they lead others into corruption.
29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.
30 I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’
for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”
Isaiah 48:10
New Living Translation
10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
Proverbs 17:3
New Living Translation
3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
Ezekiel 22:20
New Living Translation
20 Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.
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Lamentations 4:1-2
New Living Translation
God’s Anger Satisfied
4 How the gold has lost its luster!
Even the finest gold has become dull.
The sacred gemstones
lie scattered in the streets!
2 See how the precious children of Jerusalem,[a]
worth their weight in fine gold,
are now treated like pots of clay
made by a common potter.
Footnotes
- 4:2 Hebrew precious sons of Zion.
Isaiah 48:4
New Living Translation
4 For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are.
Your necks are as unbending as iron.
Your heads are as hard as bronze.
Isaiah 31:9
New Living Translation
9 Even the strongest will quake with terror,
and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,”
says the Lord, whose fire burns in Zion,
whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 1:25
New Living Translation
25 I will raise my fist against you.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.
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