I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
Parallel translations
- WEB and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
- KJV And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- NKJV I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.
- NASB “I will also turn My hand against you, And smelt away your impurities as with lye; And I will remove all your slag.
- NLT I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
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Quick answer
God will turn His hand to purge away their dross and impurities like a refiner. His judgment aims at cleansing, not just punishment.
Overview
Picking up the dross imagery of verse 22, God promises a refining process that removes corruption. This shows that divine discipline is restorative for His people. Such purifying grace ultimately reaches its goal in the cleansed people God forms through Christ.
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Cross-references · 13
- Mal 3:3And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
- Isa 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Jer 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
- Isa 1:22Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
- Jer 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
- Ezek 22:22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
- Isa 6:11–13Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Zeph 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
- Ezek 20:38And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Zech 13:7–9Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Matt 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Ezek 22:20Just 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.
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