Ezekiel 22:18
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.
Ezekiel 22:18 in other translations
| BSB | “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. |
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| WEB | “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. |
| 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. |
| 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, |
| DARBY | 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. |
| 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ezekiel 22:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 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…
Ezekiel 22:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 22:18
- Psalms 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
- Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
- Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
- Jeremiah 6:28-30
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
- Proverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Ezekiel 22:20
As 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.
- Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- Lamentations 4:1-2
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
- Isaiah 31:9
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
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Ps 119:119; Isa 1:22; Jer 6:28-30
brass.
20; Isa 48:4; La 4:1,2
in the midst.
Pr 17:3; Isa 31:9; 48:10
dross. Heb. drosses.
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Context
- Ezekiel 22:17
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
- Ezekiel 22:18
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.
- Ezekiel 22:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hijo del hombre, la casa de Israel se me ha tornado en escoria: todos ellos son metal, y estaño, y hierro, y plomo, en medio del horno; escorias de plata se tornaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Fils d’homme, la maison d’Israël est devenue pour moi des scories; eux tous sont de l’airain, et de l’étain, et du fer, et du plomb, au milieu du fourneau; ils sont devenus des scories d’argent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Menschensohn, das Haus Israel ist mir zu Schlacken geworden; sie alle sind Erz und Zinn und Eisen und Blei im Schmelzofen; Silberschlacken sind sie geworden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fili hominis, versa est mihi domus Israël in scoriam: omnes isti æs, et stannum, et ferrum, et plumbum in medio fornacis: scoria argenti facti sunt. |