Ezekiel 22:18 Parallel Translations

"Son of man, the people of Israel have become worthless to me. All of them are like copper, tin, iron, and lead in a smelting furnace. They are like the impurities left from silver.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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,

Ezekiel 22:18 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 119:119 You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Proverbs 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.

Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.

Isaiah 48:10 "Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 6:28 All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.

Lamentations 4:1 How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become {k} dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.
(k) Which before was most precious.

WES:

22:18 Dross - Utterly degenerate, and base metal. The furnace - The afflictions I have laid upon them have not bettered them. The dross - While they loved mercy, did justly, walked humbly with their God, they were as silver; now they are but dross.

MHC:

22:17-22 Israel, compared with other nations, had been as the gold and silver compared with baser metals. But they were now as the refuse that is consumed in the furnace, or thrown away when the silver is refined. Sinners, especially backsliding professors, are, in God's account, useless and fit for nothing. When God brings his own people into the furnace, he sits by them as the refiner by his gold, to see that they are not continued there any longer than is fitting and needful. The dross shall be wholly separated, and the good metal purified. Let those who suffer pains, or lingering sickness, and find that their hearts can scarcely bear these light and momentary afflictions, take warning to flee from the wrath to come; for if these trials are not sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit, to the cleansing their hearts and hands from sin, far worse things will come upon them.

CONC:

Brass Bronze Copper Dross Furnace Inside Iron Lead Metal Midst Mixed Poorest Silver Sort Tin Waste

Brass Bronze Children Copper Dross Furnace House Inside Iron Israel Lead Metal Midst Poorest Silver Sort Tin Waste

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