And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Parallel translations
- WEB and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
- BSB I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
- 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 shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
- Isa 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
- Jer 9:7Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
- Isa 1:22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
- Jer 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Ezek 22:22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
- Isa 6:11–13Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
- Zeph 3:11In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
- Ezek 20:38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Zech 13:7–9Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Matt 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Ezek 22:20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
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