Isaiah 1:25
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25 I will turn my hand against you,
and refine your dross in the furnace,
removing all your alloy.
Jeremiah 6:29-30
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29 The bellows are scorched,
the lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain has the refiner refined,
the wicked are not drawn off.
30 “Silver rejected” they shall be called,
for the Lord has rejected them.
Zechariah 13:9
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9 I will bring the one third through the fire;
I will refine them as one refines silver,(A)
and I will test them as one tests gold.
They will call upon my name, and I will answer them;(B)
I will say, “They are my people,”(C)
and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
Malachi 3:2
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming?
Who can stand firm when he appears?
For he will be like a refiner’s fire,
like fullers’ lye.
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