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Isaiah 1:25
I will turn My hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.
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Malachi 3:3
He will be like 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.
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Jeremiah 6:27
I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people— a refiner— so you may know and assay their way of life.
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Zechariah 13:9
I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say: They are My people, and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
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Isaiah 48:10
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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1 Peter 4 12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.
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Hosea 11:8-9
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart; My compassion is stirred!I will not vent the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not come in rage.
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1 Peter 1 7
so that the genuineness of your faith— more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
“ 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 the dross of silver.Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you.Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city.As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out My wrath on you.”
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Jeremiah 6:29-30
The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.They are called rejected silver, for the Lord has rejected them.
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Ezekiel 26:11-12
He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.
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2 Chronicles 36 15
But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
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Hosea 6:4-5
What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words of My mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning.
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Jeremiah 31:20
Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, My inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Zechariah 1:14-16
So the angel who was speaking with me said,“ Proclaim: The Lord of Hosts says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it”— this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“ and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.