Isaiah 1:25 Cross References

Isaiah 1:25

25: I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.

He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.

The Lord will wash the moral filth from the women of Jerusalem. He will cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains by a spirit of judgment that burns like fire.

I will melt you down in the heat of my fury, just as copper, tin, iron, and lead are melted down in a furnace.

and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you."

And then you will no longer need to be ashamed of yourselves, for you will no longer be rebels against me. I will remove all the proud and arrogant people from among you. There will be no pride on my holy mountain.

The bellows blow fiercely. The refining fire grows hotter. But it will never purify and cleanse them because there is no purity in them to refine.

Therefore, the LORD Almighty says, "See, I will melt them in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with them?

Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.

Then I said, "Lord, how long must I do this?" And he replied, "Until their cities are destroyed, with no one left in them. Until their houses are deserted and the whole country is an utter wasteland.
Do not stop until the LORD has sent everyone away to distant lands and the entire land of Israel lies deserted.
Even if only a tenth--a remnant--survive, it will be invaded again and burned. Israel will remain a stump, like a tree that is cut down, but the stump will be a holy seed that will grow again."

I will purge you of all those who rebel and sin against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. And when that happens, you will know that I am the LORD.

"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner, says the LORD Almighty. Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die, says the LORD. But a third will be left in the land.
I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, `These are my people,' and they will say, `The LORD is our God.'"

He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

I am the one who corrects and disciplines everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference.

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