Ezekiel 22:18 ““Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them a…”

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

World English Bible

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

American Standard Version

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Geneva Bible 1599

Sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and leade in the mids of the fornace: they are euen the drosse of siluer.

Darby Translation

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

Young's Literal Translation

The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace — dross hath silver been,

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

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Cross references

“the house”

Psalm 119:119 Isaiah 1:22 Jeremiah 6:28–30

Psalm 119:119 · BSB

All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

Isaiah 1:22 · BSB

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Jeremiah 6:28–30 · BSB

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

“brass”

Ezekiel 22:20 Isaiah 48:4 Lamentations 4:1 Lamentations 4:2

Ezekiel 22:20 · BSB

Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

Isaiah 48:4 · BSB

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Lamentations 4:1 · BSB

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Lamentations 4:2 · BSB

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

“in the midst”

Isaiah 48:10 Proverbs 17:3 Isaiah 31:9

Isaiah 48:10 · BSB

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

Proverbs 17:3 · BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Isaiah 31:9 · BSB

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Also

Isaiah 1:25

Isaiah 1:25 · BSB

I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

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