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.
Malachi 3:3
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3 He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord.
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Isaiah 4:4
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4 The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion[a]
and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains
with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
Footnotes
- 4:4 Or from the women of Zion; Hebrew reads from the daughters of Zion.
Isaiah 1:22
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22 Once like pure silver,
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
Zephaniah 3:11
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11 On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed,
for you will no longer be rebels against me.
I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you.
There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.
Ezekiel 22:22
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22 and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my fury on you.’”
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Ezekiel 20:38
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38 I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“See, I will melt them down in a crucible
and test them like metal.
What else can I do with my people?[a]
Footnotes
- 9:7 Hebrew with the daughter of my people? Greek version reads with the evil daughter of my people?
Jeremiah 6:29
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29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.
Isaiah 6:11-13
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11 Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?”
And he replied,
“Until their towns are empty,
their houses are deserted,
and the whole country is a wasteland;
12 until the Lord has sent everyone away,
and the entire land of Israel lies deserted.
13 If even a tenth—a remnant—survive,
it will be invaded again and burned.
But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down,
so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”
Revelation 3:19
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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
Matthew 3:12
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12 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
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Zechariah 13:7-9
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The Scattering of the Sheep
7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
the man who is my partner,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn against the lambs.
8 Two-thirds of the people in the land
will be cut off and die,” says the Lord.
“But one-third will be left in the land.
9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
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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