Isaiah 48:10
New King James Version
10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
Ezekiel 22:19-22
New King James Version
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 men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to (A)melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have (B)poured out My fury on you.’ ”
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Malachi 3:3
New King James Version
3 (A)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (B)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:3 Or refine
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