18Son 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.
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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. …
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-22)The same melancholy string is still harped upon, and various turns are given it, to make it affecting, that it may be influencing. The prophet must here show, or at least it is here shown him, that the whole house of Israel has become as dross and that as dross they shall be consumed. What David has said concerning the wicked ones of the world is here said concerning the wicked ones of the church,…
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