Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities. New Living Translation I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities. English Standard Version I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. Berean Standard Bible I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. King James Bible And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: New King James Version I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy. New American Standard Bible “I will also turn My hand against you, And smelt away your impurities as with lye; And I will remove all your slag. NASB 1995 “I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy. NASB 1977 “I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye, And will remove all your alloy. Legacy Standard Bible I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy. Amplified Bible “And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity). Christian Standard Bible I will turn my hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will turn My hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities. American Standard Version and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I shall turn my hand against you and I shall punish your rebels to purge them, and I shall remove all your evils Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors. Contemporary English Version I will punish you terribly and burn away everything that makes you unfit to worship me. Douay-Rheims Bible And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin. English Revised Version and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin: GOD'S WORD® Translation I will turn my power against you. I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your impurities. Good News Translation I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity. International Standard Version When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy. JPS Tanakh 1917 And I will turn My hand upon thee, And purge away thy dross as with lye, And will take away all thine alloy; Literal Standard Version And I turn back My hand on you, | And I refine your dross as purity, | And I turn aside all your tin, Majority Standard Bible I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. New American Bible I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy. NET Bible I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag. New Revised Standard Version I will turn my hand against you; I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. New Heart English Bible and I will turn my hand against you, and I will purge away your dross, and I will take away all your slag. Webster's Bible Translation And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: World English Bible I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin. Young's Literal Translation And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Corruption of Zion…24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies. 25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. 26I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God's angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people. Psalm 119:119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies. Isaiah 27:9 Therefore Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people? Ezekiel 22:19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem. Ezekiel 22:20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones. Treasury of Scripture And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, and take away all your tin: and I Zechariah 13:7-9 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones… Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. purely. Isaiah 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 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 judgment, and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 6:11-13 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, … Jump to Previous Dross Hand Impurities Lye Purely Purge Purity Refine Remove Smelt Soap Thoroughly Tin Turn Unclean WashingJump to Next Dross Hand Impurities Lye Purely Purge Purity Refine Remove Smelt Soap Thoroughly Tin Turn Unclean WashingIsaiah 1 1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion5. He laments her judgments 10. He upbraids their whole service 16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats 21. Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments 25. He promises grace 28. And threatens destruction to the wicked (25) I will turn my hand upon thee.--The phrase, like the English "visit," presents both a severe and a gracious aspect. Of the former we have instances in Psalm 81:14, Amos 1:8; of the latter in Zechariah 13:7. The context here inclines to the latter meaning. Jehovah punishes that He may save, and smites that He may heal. Purely purge away thy dross.--Better, will smelt away thy dross with lye, or potash, which was used in the smelting process. The imagery of Isaiah 1:22 is resumed. The great Refiner can purify the debased metal. In Malachi 3:2-3, we have the same image expanded. The process involved, of course, the rejection of the dross--i.e., in the interpretation of the parable, of the lead that would not let itself be turned to silver. . . . Verse 25. - I will turn my hand upon thee; rather, I will bring back my hand upon thee; i.e. I will once more put forth the "strong hand and mighty arm, with which I brought thee out of Egypt" (Psalm 136:12), and will work another deliverance - the deliverance of Israel out of captivity. Purely purge away thy dross; literally, will purge away thy dross like borax, which was used as a flux in purifying the metal. The prophet continues the metaphor of ver. 22. And take away all thy tin; rather, thy had - the alloy with which the "silver" had become mixed.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will turnוְאָשִׁ֤יבָה (wə·’ā·šî·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again My hand יָדִי֙ (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand against you; עָלַ֔יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against I will thoroughly purge וְאֶצְרֹ֥ף (wə·’eṣ·rōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test your dross; סִיגָ֑יִךְ (sî·ḡā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5509: A moving back or away, dross I will remove וְאָסִ֖ירָה (wə·’ā·sî·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5493: To turn aside all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your impurities. בְּדִילָֽיִךְ׃ (bə·ḏî·lā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 913: Alloy, tin, dross Links Isaiah 1:25 NIVIsaiah 1:25 NLT Isaiah 1:25 ESV Isaiah 1:25 NASB Isaiah 1:25 KJV Isaiah 1:25 BibleApps.com Isaiah 1:25 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 1:25 Chinese Bible Isaiah 1:25 French Bible Isaiah 1:25 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:25 And I will turn my hand (Isa Isi Is) |
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