Ezekiel 22:18

22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; ¹  they are the worthless slag of silver.

Ezekiel 40:3

40:3 When he brought me there, I saw ²  a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

[22:18]  ¹ tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.

[40:3]  ² tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.