Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 22:21 continues the furnace metaphor: God will blow fire and melt them — a direct restatement of the same judgment process.

Ezekiel 22:18 introduces the furnace metaphor by calling Israel dross, directly setting up the melting judgment here.

Ezekiel 24:13 explains that because cleansing failed, God's fury must run its course, reinforcing the inevitability of the furnace judgment.

Ezekiel 20:47 uses fire devouring trees, another vivid image of God's purging judgment on Jerusalem.