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I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will also turn My hand against you, And smelt away your impurities as with lye; And I will remove all your slag.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye, And will remove all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will turn my hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will punish you terribly and burn away everything that makes you unfit to worship me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will turn my power against you. I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and I will turn my hand against you, and I will purge away your dross, and I will take away all your slag.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I turn back My hand on you, "" And I refine your dross as purity, "" And I turn aside all your tin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will turn my hand to you. And I will temper your dross unto purity, and I will take away all your tin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will turn my hand against you; I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will turn my hand against you, and purge away your rebellious men, and remove all your iniquities;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall turn my hand against you and I shall punish your rebels to purge them, and I shall remove all your evils<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will turn My hand upon thee, And purge away thy dross as with lye, And will take away all thine alloy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">The Corruption of Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Therefore 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. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·’ā·šî·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">I will turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">My hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: wə·’eṣ·rōp̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine.">I will thoroughly purge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1253.htm" title="1253: kab·bōr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- The same as bor; vegetable lye; used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5509.htm" title="5509: sî·ḡā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A moving back or away, dross. Or cuwg; from cuwg in the sense of refuse; scoria.">your dross;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: wə·’ā·sî·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">I will remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/913.htm" title="913: bə·ḏî·lā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Alloy, tin, dross. From badal; alloy; by analogy, tin.">your impurities.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>I 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a></span><br />But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Jeremiah 9:7</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a></span><br />“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a></span><br />This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Proverbs 25:4</a></span><br />Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Psalm 66:10</a></span><br />For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29-30</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. / They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Ezekiel 20:38</a></span><br />And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10</a></span><br />Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Zephaniah 3:9</a></span><br />For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11-12</a></span><br />I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. / His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a></span><br />In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Hebrews 12:10-11</a></span><br />Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. / No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13-15</a></span><br />his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. / If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. / If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, and take away all your tin:</p><p class="hdg">and I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Zechariah 13:7-9</a></b></br> Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man <i>that is</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/3-19.htm">Revelation 3:19</a></b></br> As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.</p><p class="hdg">purely.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22</a></b></br> Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11-13</a></b></br> 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, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">Dross</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-12.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Impurities</a> <a href="/job/9-30.htm">Lye</a> <a href="/job/33-3.htm">Purely</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-11.htm">Purity</a> <a href="/job/36-27.htm">Refine</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/genesis/27-27.htm">Smelt</a> <a href="/job/9-30.htm">Soap</a> <a href="/psalms/119-140.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/numbers/31-22.htm">Tin</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-12.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/songs/6-6.htm">Washing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Dross</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Impurities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Lye</a> <a href="/job/33-3.htm">Purely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Purity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Refine</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Smelt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Soap</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Tin</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-22.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-9.htm">Washing</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">He laments her judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">He upbraids their whole service</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">He promises grace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">And threatens destruction to the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will turn My hand against you;</b><br>This phrase indicates divine judgment and correction. In biblical context, the "hand" of God often symbolizes His power and intervention. Here, it signifies a shift from protection to discipline. Historically, this reflects God's response to Israel's rebellion and idolatry, as seen throughout the Old Testament. The imagery of God's hand turning against His people is a call to repentance, emphasizing that their current state of sinfulness has provoked divine action. This concept is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5</a>, where God's hand is also turned against His people due to their disobedience.<p><b>I will thoroughly purge your dross;</b><br>The term "dross" refers to impurities or waste material, particularly in the refining of metals. This metaphor illustrates God's intention to purify His people, removing their moral and spiritual corruption. In ancient metallurgy, purging dross was essential to produce pure metal, symbolizing the process of sanctification. This imagery is consistent with passages like <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, where God is described as a refiner's fire, purifying the sons of Levi. The purging process is both a judgment and a means of restoration, aiming to renew the covenant relationship between God and His people.<p><b>I will remove all your impurities.</b><br>This phrase reinforces the theme of purification and restoration. The removal of impurities signifies a complete cleansing from sin and idolatry, aligning with the covenantal promise of renewal. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, purity was crucial for maintaining a relationship with God, as seen in the Levitical laws. This promise of purification is prophetic, pointing towards the ultimate cleansing through Jesus Christ, who is described in the New Testament as the one who purifies believers from all unrighteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>). The comprehensive nature of this cleansing underscores God's commitment to restoring His people to holiness and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often rebuked by prophets for its idolatry and injustice. Isaiah's prophecies were directed towards this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His intention to purify His people by removing their impurities.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/dross.htm">Dross</a></b><br>A metaphor for impurities or sin, often used in the context of refining metals. It represents the moral and spiritual corruption present in Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/purification_process.htm">Purification Process</a></b><br>The event or action God promises to undertake, symbolizing a refining process to restore righteousness among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_discipline_as_love.htm">God's Discipline as Love</a></b><br>God's intention to "turn His hand against" His people is not out of wrath but love, aiming to restore and purify them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_purification.htm">The Necessity of Purification</a></b><br>Just as metals are refined to remove dross, believers must undergo spiritual purification to remove sin and grow in holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The call to repentance is implicit in God's promise to remove impurities. True repentance leads to restoration and renewed relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Believers should view trials as opportunities for spiritual growth, understanding that God uses them to refine and strengthen faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_as_a_goal.htm">Holiness as a Goal</a></b><br>The ultimate aim of God's refining process is holiness, aligning believers with His character and will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'fields_are_white'_mean.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on inflation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8–10: How can the depiction of God’s fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_15_6-8_imply_total_judgment.htm">Why does Ezekiel 15:6–8 imply a total judgment on Jerusalem if other scriptures promise divine restoration? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_10_20-23_fit_with_israel's_doom.htm">Isaiah 10:20–23: How do we reconcile this promise of a remnant’s survival with other Old Testament passages predicting total destruction of Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">I will</span> <span class= "bld">turn my hand upon thee.</span>--The phrase, like the English "visit," presents both a severe and a gracious aspect. Of the former we have instances in <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm" title="I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.">Psalm 81:14</a>, <a href="/amos/1-8.htm" title="And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, said the Lord GOD.">Amos 1:8</a>; of the latter in <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm" title="Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, said the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand on the little ones.">Zechariah 13:7</a>. The context here inclines to the latter meaning. Jehovah punishes that He may save, and smites that He may heal.<p><span class= "bld">Purely purge away thy dross.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">will smelt away thy dross with lye, </span>or <span class= "ital">potash, </span>which was used in the smelting process. The imagery of <a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm" title="Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water:">Isaiah 1:22</a> is resumed. The great Refiner can purify the debased metal. In <a href="/context/malachi/3-2.htm" title="But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, we have the same image expanded. The process involved, of course, the rejection of the dross--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>in the interpretation of the parable, of the lead that <span class= "ital">would </span>not let itself be turned to silver. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will turn my hand upon thee</span>; rather, <span class="accented">I</span> <span class="accented">will bring back my hand upon thee</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> I will once more put forth the "strong hand and mighty arm, with which I brought thee out of Egypt" (<a href="/psalms/136-12.htm">Psalm 136:12</a>), and will work another deliverance - the deliverance of Israel out of captivity. <span class="cmt_word">Purely purge away thy dross</span>; literally, <span class="accented">will purge away thy dross like borax</span>, which was used as a flux in purifying the metal. The prophet continues the metaphor of ver. 22. <span class="cmt_word">And take away all thy tin</span>; rather, <span class="accented">thy had -</span> the alloy with which the "silver" had become mixed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will turn</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·šî·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will thoroughly purge</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶצְרֹ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṣ·rōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6884.htm">Strong's 6884: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smelt, refine, test</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your dross;</span><br /><span class="heb">סִיגָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(sî·ḡā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5509.htm">Strong's 5509: </a> </span><span class="str2">A moving back or away, dross</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will remove</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָסִ֖ירָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·sî·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your impurities.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדִילָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏî·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_913.htm">Strong's 913: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alloy, tin, dross</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:25 And I will turn my hand (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>