Therefore 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?
I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silve
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may resul
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purge
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace;
The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pi
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefo
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like th
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealo