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.
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As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace,.... As refiners of metal do; though not together, as here, but each metal apart. Silver is here mentioned,…
The fifth word of judgment. The furnace. In the besieged city the people shall be tried and purged. Eze 22:18 Dross - A frequent metaphor which denotes not only the corruption of the people, who have…
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…
Judgment on Israel under the figure of a smelting furnace. Israel is dross and base metal, which must be flung into the furnace.
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