Isa 1:22, 4:4, 6:11-13, Jer 6:29, 9:7, Eze 20:38, Zep 3:11, Mal 3:3 | ESV | STEP | Your silver has become dross , your best wine mixed with water .

m[See ver. 28 above]

n[Isa. 1:25]

o Isa. 1:25

p ch. 6:27

q[See ch. 8:21 above]

r ch. 34:17, 20, 22; [Matt. 25:32, 33]

uSee ch. 6:7

y Jer. 7:4; [Matt. 3:9]

z Isa. 1:25; Zech. 13:9

aa[ch. 1:7]

Isaiah 1:22

22 ^aYour silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.

Isaiah 4:4

4 when ^bthe Lord shall have washed away the filth of ^cthe daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by ^da spirit of burning. ^{▼▼Or purging}

Isaiah 6:11-13

11 Then I said, ^f“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until ^gcities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 ^hAnd though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned ^{▼▼Or purged} again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump ^jremains
when it is felled.”
^kThe holy seed ^{▼▼Or offspring} is its stump.

Jeremiah 6:29

29 The ^mbellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;
ⁿin vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.

Jeremiah 9:7

7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, ^oI will refine them and ^ptest them,
for what else can I do, ^qbecause of my people?

Ezekiel 20:38

38 ^rI will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. ^sI will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, ^tbut they shall not enter the land of Israel. ^uThen you will know that I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 3:11

11 ^v“On that day ^wyou shall not be put to shame
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then ^xI will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and ^yyou shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.

Malachi 3:3

3 He will sit ^zas a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring ^aaofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ^{▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness}