Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 22:20 expands the same scene: gathering metals into the furnace to melt in God's anger, a direct continuation.

Ezekiel 22:15 says God will consume Israel's uncleanness — the purifying result of the refining process.

Psalm 119:119 Related theme

Psalm 119:119 uses the same 'dross' metaphor for the wicked whom God removes, reinforcing Ezekiel's image of Israel as dross.

Isaiah 1:22 Parallel

Isaiah 1:22 similarly calls Israel's silver become dross, a parallel image of corruption used by another prophet.

Jeremiah 6:28-30 uses the same refining image: Israel is rejected silver, dross not purged, echoing Ezekiel's furnace metaphor.

Jeremiah 6:30 calls Israel 'rejected silver' — the same dross metaphor for those God discards.

Malachi 3:3 Parallel

Malachi 3:3 describes God as a refiner of silver, purifying the Levites — direct parallel to the dross metaphor.

Isaiah 48:10 says 'I have refined you, but not as silver', directly referencing the refining process but with a contrast.

Jeremiah 9:7 uses refining language — God will refine and test His people, matching the furnace imagery.

Lamentations 4:2 compares precious sons to earthen pots, a devaluation motif parallel to silver becoming dross.

Proverbs 17:3 uses crucible and furnace to test hearts, reflecting the refining process but for moral testing.

Isaiah 4:4 Parallel

Isaiah 4:4 speaks of cleansing by spirit of judgment and burning, akin to refining fire purging impurity.

Daniel 5:27 Parallel

Daniel 5:27 says Belshazzar was weighed and found lacking — similar to dross being rejected as worthless.