Ezekiel 24:11
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11 “Then set the pot empty on the coals,
That it may become hot and its bronze may burn,
That (A)its filthiness may be melted in it,
That its scum may be consumed.
Jeremiah 21:10
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10 For I have (A)set My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the Lord. (B)“It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall (C)burn it with fire.” ’
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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of God
4 “For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.
Isaiah 1:25
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25 I will turn My hand against you,
And (A)thoroughly[a] purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:25 refine with lye
1 Corinthians 3:12-13
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12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day (A)will declare it, because (B)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
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Matthew 3:12
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12 (A)His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will (B)burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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Zechariah 13:1-2
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Idolatry Cut Off
13 “In that (A)day (B)a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for (C)uncleanness.
2 “It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will (D)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause (E)the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.
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Micah 5:11-14
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11 I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no (A)soothsayers.
13 (B)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (C)no more worship the work of your hands;
14 I will pluck your [a]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.
Footnotes
- Micah 5:14 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
Ezekiel 36:25
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
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Ezekiel 23:47-48
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47 (A)The assembly shall stone them with stones and [a]execute them with their swords; (B)they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48 Thus (C)I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, (D)that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.
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- Ezekiel 23:47 Lit. cut down
Ezekiel 23:26-27
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26 (A)They shall also strip you of your clothes
And take away your beautiful jewelry.
27 ‘Thus (B)I will make you cease your lewdness and your (C)harlotry
Brought from the land of Egypt,
So that you will not lift your eyes to them,
Nor remember Egypt anymore.’
Ezekiel 22:15-23
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15 (A)I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and (B)remove your filthiness completely from you. 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then (C)you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Israel in the Furnace
17 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, (D)the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a (E)furnace; they have become dross from silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to (F)melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have (G)poured out My fury on you.’ ”
Israel’s Wicked Leaders
23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 20:38
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38 (A)I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but (B)they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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Jeremiah 52:13
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13 He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
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Jeremiah 39:8
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8 (A)And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with (B)fire, and broke down the (C)walls of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 38:18
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18 But if you do not [a]surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and (A)you shall not escape from their hand.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 38:18 Lit. go out
Jeremiah 37:10
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10 (A)For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”
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Jeremiah 32:29
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29 And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and (A)set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses (B)on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger;
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Isaiah 27:9
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9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[a]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
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- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
Isaiah 4:4
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4 When (A)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the [a]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,
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- Isaiah 4:4 bloodshed
Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That (A)two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
(B)But one-third shall be left in it:
9 I will bring the one-third (C)through the fire,
Will (D)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(E)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(F)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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