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The term "furnace" appears in several contexts throughout the Bible, illustrating both its practical uses and its symbolic meanings. 1. Practical Uses: · Metalworking: Furnaces were essential in the ancient process of refining metals. The intense heat of a furnace was used to purify metals by removing impurities. This process is metaphorically applied to God's refining of His people. In <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a>, it is written, "A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts." · Brickmaking: Furnaces were also used in the production of bricks, a common building material in ancient times. The Israelites, during their bondage in Egypt, were forced to make bricks, which may have involved the use of furnaces (<a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a>). 2. Symbolic Uses: · Divine Judgment and Testing: The furnace is often used as a symbol of divine judgment and testing. In the book of Daniel, the fiery furnace is a central element in the account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. King Nebuchadnezzar ordered them to be thrown into a blazing furnace for refusing to worship an idol. Miraculously, they were unharmed, demonstrating God's power and protection (<a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Daniel 3:19-27</a>). This event underscores the theme of faithfulness under trial and God's deliverance. · Purification and Refinement: The furnace symbolizes the process of purification and refinement. In <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, the coming of the Lord is likened to a refiner's fire, purifying the sons of Levi. This imagery conveys the idea of God purifying His people, removing impurities to make them holy and acceptable. · Hell and Eternal Punishment: The furnace is also used metaphorically to describe hell and eternal punishment. In <a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Matthew 13:42</a>, Jesus speaks of the wicked being thrown into a "fiery furnace," where there will be "weeping and gnashing of teeth." This imagery serves as a stark warning of the consequences of rejecting God. 3. Historical and Cultural Context: Furnaces in the ancient Near East were typically constructed from clay or stone and fueled by wood or charcoal. The design and construction of these furnaces varied depending on their intended use, whether for metalworking, pottery, or brickmaking. The intense heat generated by these furnaces made them apt symbols for the severe trials and judgments described in the Scriptures. 4. Theological Implications: The use of the furnace as a metaphor in the Bible highlights several theological themes, including God's sovereignty, the reality of divine judgment, and the process of sanctification. The imagery of the furnace serves to remind believers of the refining work of God in their lives, as well as the ultimate judgment that awaits those who reject Him. In summary, the furnace in the Bible is a multifaceted symbol representing both the practical aspects of ancient life and profound spiritual truths. Its presence in Scripture underscores the themes of purification, testing, and divine judgment, offering believers insights into God's character and His dealings with humanity.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>FurnaceVarious kinds of furnaces are noticed in the Bible, such as a smelting or calcining furnace, (<a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a>; <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Exodus 9:8,10</a>; <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">19:18</a>) especially a lime-kiln, (<a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Isaiah 33:12</a>; <a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1</a>) a refining furnace, (<a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a>) Nebuchadnezzar's furnace, a large furnace built like a brick-kiln, (<a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Daniel 3:22,23</a>) with two openings one at the top for putting in the materials, and another below for removing them; the potter's furnace, Ecclus. 27:5; The blacksmith's furnace. Ecclus. 38:28. The Persians were in the habit of using the furnace as a means of inflicting punishment. (<a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Daniel 3:22,23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a>)<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>(1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (<a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Dan. 3:22</a>, 23; Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a>). This furnace would be in constant requisition, for the Babylonians disposed of their dead by cremation, as did also the Accadians who invaded Mesopotamia.(2.) Hebrews kibshan, a smelting furnace (<a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a>), also a lime-kiln (<a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Isaiah 33:12</a>; <a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1</a>).(3.) Hebrews kur, a refining furnace (<a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a>; <a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm">27:21</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezek. 22:18</a>).(4.) Hebrews alil, a crucible; only used in <a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Psalm 12:6</a>.(5.) Hebrews tannur, oven for baking bread (<a href="/genesis/15-17.htm">Genesis 15:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Isaiah 31:9</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/3-11.htm">Nehemiah 3:11</a>). It was a large pot, narrowing towards the top. When it was heated by a fire made within, the dough was spread over the heated surface, and thus was baked. "A smoking furnace and a burning lamp" (<a href="/genesis/15-17.htm">Genesis 15:17</a>), the symbol of the presence of the Almighty, passed between the divided pieces of Abraham's sacrifice in ratification of the covenant God made with him. (see <a href="../o/oven.htm">OVEN</a>.)(6.) Gr. kamnos, a furnace, kiln, or oven (<a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Matthew 13:42</a>, 50; <a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Revelation 1:15</a>; <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">9:2</a>). <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) An enclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.2. (n.) A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.3. (n.) To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>FURNACEfur'-nas: The word is used in the Old Testament English Versions of the Bible to translate several Hebrew words: Kibhshan, in <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a>, where the smoke of the destruction of the cities of the plain is said to have ascended "as the smoke of a furnace"; in <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Exodus 9:8</a>, where Yahweh commands to take "handfuls of ashes of the furnace and. sprinkle it toward heaven," etc. Kur, in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a>, where Yahweh is represented, when speaking of taking the children of Israel out of Egypt, as taking them "out of the iron furnace." `Alil in <a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Psalm 12:6</a>, where "the words of Yahweh" are said to be "pure," "as silver tried in a furnace"; compare <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a>, "furnace for gold." `Attun, in <a href="/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6</a>, where mention is made of "a burning fiery furnace" into which Daniel and his companions were cast. There is good reason to believe that these words all stand for either a brick-kiln or a smelting furnace. In the New Testament a notable figurative use is made of the word in the phrase "the furnace of fire," he kaminos tou puros. It is found in the parable of the Tares (<a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Matthew 13:42</a>) as part of the remarkable imagery of that parable; while in the companion parable of the Drag-Net (<a href="/matthew/13-50.htm">Matthew 13:50</a>) it stands as a symbol of the final destiny of the impenitent, a synonym of "hell"; compare <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a> <a href="/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6, 22</a> <a href="/revelation/20-14.htm">Revelation 20:14-15</a>, etc., and "eternal fire" (<a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a>), "unquenchable fire" (<a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>), "the Gehenna of fire" (<a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a> margin; <a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Matthew 18:9</a> parallel <a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a> margin, etc.). A fact which modern travelers speak of, that furnaces for punishment have been found in Persia as elsewhere in the East, sheds some light upon this use of the expression "the furnace of fire." George B. Eager<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2575.htm">2575. kaminos -- furnace</a> ... furnace. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kaminos Phonetic Spelling: (kam'-ee-nos) Short Definition: a furnace Definition: a furnace, oven, kiln. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2575.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2823.htm">2823. klibanos -- an oven</a> ... an oven. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: klibanos Phonetic Spelling: (klib'-an-os) Short Definition: an oven, furnace Definition: an oven ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2823.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/861.htm">861. attun -- a furnace</a> ... 860, 861. attun. 862 . a furnace. Transliteration: attun Phonetic Spelling: (at-toon') Short Definition: furnace. Word Origin (Aramaic ... /hebrew/861.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5948.htm">5948. alil -- perhaps furnace, crucible</a> ... 5947, 5948. alil. 5949 . perhaps furnace, crucible. Transliteration: alil Phonetic Spelling: (al-eel') Short Definition: furnace. ... /hebrew/5948.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3564.htm">3564. kuwr -- smelting pot or furnace</a> ... 3563b, 3564. kuwr. 3564a . smelting pot or furnace. Transliteration: kuwr Phonetic Spelling: (koor) Short Definition: furnace. furnace ... /hebrew/3564.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/3564a.htm">3564a. kur -- smelting pot or furnace</a> ... 3564, 3564a. kur. 3564b . smelting pot or furnace. Transliteration: kur Short Definition: furnace. Word Origin from an unused word ... /hebrew/3564a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/3600.htm">3600. kir -- cooking furnace</a> ... 3599, 3600. kir. 3601 . cooking furnace. Transliteration: kir Phonetic Spelling: (keer) Short Definition: stove. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/3600.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3536.htm">3536. kibshan -- a kiln</a> ... 3535, 3536. kibshan. 3537 . a kiln. Transliteration: kibshan Phonetic Spelling: (kib-shawn') Short Definition: furnace. ... furnace. ... /hebrew/3536.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8574.htm">8574. tannur -- (portable) stove, firepot</a> ... Word Origin from the same as tenuk Definition (portable) stove, firepot NASB Word Usage furnace (2), Furnaces (2), oven (10), ovens (1). furnace, oven. ... /hebrew/8574.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3565.htm">3565. Kor Ashan -- Chor-ashan</a> ... Word Origin the same as Bor, qv. Chor-ashan From kuwr and ashan; furnace of smoke; Cor-Ashan, a place in Palestine -- Chor-ashan. see HEBREW kuwr. ... /hebrew/3565.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/marshall/the_wonder_book_of_bible_stories/the_story_of_the_fiery.htm">The Story of the Fiery Furnace</a> ... THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE. ... The king had said that if any one did not worship the golden image he should be thrown into a furnace of fire. ... /.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of the fiery.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_lords_furnace.htm">The Lord's Furnace</a> ... THE LORD'S FURNACE. 'The Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem.'" Isaiah 31:9. This very remarkable characterisation ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the lords furnace.htm<a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_greek_church/he_who_in_the_fiery.htm">He who in the Fiery Furnace</a> ... CANON FOR EASTER DAY BY ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS He who in the fiery furnace. tr., John Brownlie ... He who in the fiery furnace. Kept from harm the faithful three,. ... /.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/he who in the fiery.htm<a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_41_the_fiery_furnace.htm">The Fiery Furnace</a> ... In the Lands of the Heathen Chapter 41 The Fiery Furnace. [This chapter is based on Daniel 3..] The dream of the great image, opening ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 41 the fiery furnace.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/gods_people_in_the_furnace.htm">God's People in the Furnace</a> ... God's People in the Furnace. A Sermon (No.35). ... At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.""Isaiah 48:10. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/gods people in the furnace.htm<a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/september_12_the_furnace_for.htm">September 12. "The Furnace for Gold; but the Lord Trieth the ...</a> ... SEPTEMBER 12. "The furnace for gold; but the Lord trieth the hearts" (Prov. xvii. 3.). "The furnace for gold; but the Lord trieth the hearts" (Proverbs 17:3.) ... /.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /september 12 the furnace for.htm<a href="/library/cable/the_fulfilment_of_a_dream_of_pastor_hsis/chapter_xi_the_great_furnace.htm">The Great Furnace for a Great Soul</a> ... CHAPTER XI THE GREAT FURNACE FOR A GREAT SOUL. "Happy the pure in heart, for they shall see God." ... THE GREAT FURNACE FOR A GREAT SOUL. BEING THE STORY OF AI DO. ... /.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xi the great furnace.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_lv_a_burning_fiery.htm">A Burning, Fiery Furnace</a> ... BOOK V CHAPTER LV A BURNING, FIERY FURNACE. elaune, kinei, phonion exiei kalou."Eur. Herc. Fur.837. The examination of the two ... /.../chapter lv a burning fiery.htm<a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/39_but_lately_o_blindness.htm">But Lately, O Blindness, I Worshipped Images Produced from the ...</a> ... Book I. 39 But lately, O blindness, I worshipped images produced from the furnace? But lately, O blindness, I worshipped images ... /.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/39 but lately o blindness.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_test_by_fire.htm">The Test by Fire</a> ... Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into a burning, fiery furnace.'" So when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, flute, lute, harp ... //christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the test by fire.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/furnace.htm">Furnace (35 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (Dan. 3:22, 23; Comp. ... /f/furnace.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/b/blazing.htm">Blazing (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Genesis 15:17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ... /b/blazing.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/a/abednego.htm">Abednego (14 Occurrences)</a> ... 2:49). With Shadrach and Meshach, he was delivered from the burning fiery furnace (3:12-30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABED-NEGO. ... /a/abednego.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/s/shadrach.htm">Shadrach (14 Occurrences)</a> ... Dura. Their conduct filled the king with the greatest fury, and he commanded them to be cast into the burning fiery furnace. Here ... /s/shadrach.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/t/three.htm">Three (5005 Occurrences)</a> ... to Daniel 3:23, where it is said that "Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego (Azariah) fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace." [?] the version ... /t/three.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/a/abed-nego.htm">Abed-nego (14 Occurrences)</a> ... province of Babylon (Daniel 2). Having refused to bow down to the image which Nebuehadnezzar had set up, he was cast into the burning fiery furnace, and after ... /a/abed-nego.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/f/fiery.htm">Fiery (47 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NAS). Matthew 13:42 and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. ... (WEY NIV). Matthew 13:50 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. ... /f/fiery.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/k/kiln.htm">Kiln (5 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for ... /k/kiln.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/m/meshach.htm">Meshach (15 Occurrences)</a> ... and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times ... /m/meshach.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/a/abed'nego.htm">Abed'nego (14 Occurrences)</a> ... of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times ... /a/abed'nego.htm - 10k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/where-was-Daniel-furnace.html">Where was Daniel when his three friends were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar's statue? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Shadrach-Meshach-Abednego.html">What should we learn from the account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Daniel.html">Summary of the Book of Daniel - Bible Survey | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/furnace.htm">Furnace: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Furnace (35 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a> And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith? (YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Matthew 13:42</a> and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/13-50.htm">Matthew 13:50</a> and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a> But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? (See NAS)<a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Revelation 1:15</a> His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Revelation 9:2</a> He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/15-17.htm">Genesis 15:17</a> It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a> He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Exodus 9:8</a> Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10</a> They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a> Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a> But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">1 Kings 8:51</a> (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron); (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Psalms 12:6</a> The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Psalms 21:9</a> You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NIV)<a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalms 102:3</a> For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand. (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a> The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm">Proverbs 27:21</a> The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Isaiah 31:9</a> His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner," says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm">Isaiah 48:10</a> Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Jeremiah 11:4</a> which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so you shall be my people, and I will be your God; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18</a> Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20</a> As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm">Ezekiel 22:22</a> As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so you will be melted in its midst; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6</a> and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Daniel 3:11</a> and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-15.htm">Daniel 3:15</a> Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well : but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-17.htm">Daniel 3:17</a> If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Daniel 3:19</a> Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-20.htm">Daniel 3:20</a> He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-21.htm">Daniel 3:21</a> Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Daniel 3:22</a> Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-23.htm">Daniel 3:23</a> These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/3-26.htm">Daniel 3:26</a> Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire. Obadiah (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 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