Isaiah 1:25
What does Isaiah 1:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;
Context
v.24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
v.25This passage
v.26and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 4:4
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
- Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
- Matthew 3:12
whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
- Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Malachi 3:3
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
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