Jer 9:7, Eze 22:18-22, 24:11 | ESV | STEP | Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts : Behold , I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do , because of my people ?

a Isa. 1:25

b ch. 6:27

c[See ch. 8:21 above]

dSee ch. 2:1

e Ps. 119:119; Isa. 1:22, 25

f Jer. 6:28

g Isa. 1:25

h ch. 21:31; [Mal. 3:3]

i Jer. 33:5

jSee ch. 7:8

k ch. 22:15

Jeremiah 9:7

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

Ezekiel 22:18-22

18 ^d“Son of man, the house of Israel has become ^edross to me; all of them are ^fbronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are ^gdross of silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, ^hto blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you ⁱin my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. 21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; ^jI have poured out my wrath upon you.”

Ezekiel 24:11

11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^kthat its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed.