Yehezkiel 22:18

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama

Hai, anak Adam! bahwa bangsa Israel telah jadi bagi-Ku akan sanga; mereka itu sekalian tembaga dan timah putih dan besi dan timah hitam, dan di tengah-tengah dapur mereka itu sanga perak adanya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
"Hai anak manusia, bagi-Ku kaum Israel sudah menjadi sanga; mereka semuanya adalah ibarat tembaga, timah putih, besi dan timah hitam di dalam peleburan; mereka seperti sanga perak.

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
"Hai anak manusia, bagi-Ku kaum Israel sudah menjadi sanga; mereka semuanya adalah ibarat tembaga, timah putih, besi dan timah hitam di dalam peleburan; mereka seperti sanga perak.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the house: Psalms 119:119, Isaiah 1:22, Jeremiah 6:28-30

brass: Ezekiel 22:20, Isaiah 48:4, Lamentations 4:1, Lamentations 4:2

in the midst: Proverbs 17:3, Isaiah 31:9, Isaiah 48:10

dross: Heb. drosses

Reciprocal: Isaiah 4:4 - by the spirit Isaiah 64:7 - consumed Jeremiah 6:30 - Reprobate silver Jeremiah 9:7 - I will Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Ezekiel 22:15 - consume Ezekiel 23:25 - thy residue Ezekiel 24:4 - General Daniel 3:6 - a burning Daniel 5:27 - Thou Malachi 3:3 - sit Galatians 5:20 - witchcraft

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross,.... Vile, despicable, useless, and unprofitable; to which the wicked of the earth are compared, Psalms 119:119 and here the Lord's professing people, they differing nothing from them, being sadly degenerated; formerly they were as silver, and so they might be reckoned among themselves; but to God, who is omniscient, the searcher of the hearts and reins, who saw all their actions, and knew the spring of them, in his sight they were as dross:

all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: or "crucible" f; where they are put together, in order to be set in the furnace, and melted down. It is not usual to put so many different metals together for melting, but separately; but here it seems to intend a mixture of them all together; and so the Targum and Septuagint render it,

"all they as brass, c. are mixed''

several metals of the baser sort are here mentioned, by a gradation from the better to the worse; tin being not so good as brass, and iron of less value than either, and lead than any of them. Some think the different characters of the people are here described; impudent persons by "brass"; hypocrites by "tin"; cruel and savage ones by "iron"; and such as were sottish and stupid by "lead"; or, as others, covetous ones:

they are even the dross of silver; once they were like silver, precious and valuable, while they retained the true religion, and the worship of God, and behaved agreeably to their character in the performance of all good works, and were in outward flourishing circumstances; but now degenerated from the pure worship of God, and sunk into idolatry and wickedness, and become poor and miserable.

f כור "catinus", Junius and Tremellius, Polanus, Grotius, Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fifth word of judgment. The furnace. In the besieged city the people shall be tried and purged.

Ezekiel 22:18

Dross - A frequent metaphor which denotes not only the corruption of the people, who have become like base metal, but also a future purification whereby, the “dross” being burned away, the remnant of good may appear.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 22:18. The house of Israel is to me become dross — They are all like base metal-brass, tin, iron, and lead alloyed together with silver. Ye must be put in the furnace, and subjected to the most intense fire, till your impurities are consumed away. No ordinary means will avail any thing; the most violent must be resorted to.