Isa 1:25, 48:10, Jer 6:29-30, Eze 22:18-22, 26:11-12, Zec 13:9, Mal 3:3 | TSK | STEP | And I. purely. Heb. according to pureness. purge.

I will.Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to.

11:7; 24:3-6; Mic 4:12; Mt 13:30,40-42

As they gather. Heb. According to the gathering. to blow.

21; 21:31,32; Isa 54:16

in mine.

24:13; Jer 4:11,12,20

and blow.

15:6,7; 20:47,48; 22:20-22; De 4:24; 29:20; 32:22; 2Ki 25:9; Ps 21:9

Ps 50:3; Isa 30:33; Jer 21:12; Na 1:6; Zep 1:18

and ye.

Ps 68:2; 112:10; Isa 64:2,7; Jer 9:7

ye shall know.

16,31; 20:8,33; Ho 5:10; Re 16:1

Ezekiel 26:11-12

hoofs.

Isa 5:28; Jer 51:27; Hab 1:8

thy.

Isa 26:5

make a spoil.

5; Mt 6:19,20

thy merchandise.

27:3-36; Isa 23:8,11,17,18; Zec 9:3,4; Re 18:11-13

thy pleasant houses. Heb. houses of thy desire.

2Ch 32:27; 36:10; Isa 32:12; Jer 25:34; Da 11:8; Ho 13:15; Am 5:11

Na 2:9; Zec 7:14; *margins

they shalt lay.The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.