Lexicon :: Strong's H6884 - ṣārap̄

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many troops. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one can go with you,’ he can go. But if I say about anyone, ‘This one cannot go with you,’ he cannot go.”

So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image and a silver idol, and it was in Micah’s house.

God ​— ​his way is perfect;

the word of the LORD is pure.

He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

After him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, the goldsmith, made repairs, and next to him Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upstairs room on the corner and the Sheep Gate.

The words of the LORD are pure words,

like silver refined in an earthen furnace,

purified seven times.

You have tested my heart;

you have examined me at night.

You have tried me and found nothing evil;

I have determined that my mouth will not sin.[fn]

God ​— ​his way is perfect;

the word of the LORD is pure.

He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

Test me, LORD, and try me;

examine my heart and mind.

For you, God, tested us;

you refined us as silver is refined.

Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the LORD tested him.

Your word is completely pure,

and your servant loves it.

Remove impurities from silver,

and material will be produced[fn] for a silversmith.[fn]

Every word of God is pure;[fn]

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

“I will turn my hand against you

and will burn away your dross completely;[fn]

I will remove all your impurities.

An idol? ​— ​something that a smelter casts

and a metalworker plates with gold

and makes silver chains for?

The craftsman encourages the metalworker;

the one who flattens with the hammer

encourages the one who strikes the anvil,

saying of the soldering, “It is good.”

He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.

“Those who pour out their bags of gold

and weigh out silver on scales —

they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.

Then they kneel and bow down to it.

“Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested[fn] you in the furnace of affliction.

The bellows blow,

blasting the lead with fire.

The refining is completely in vain;

the evil ones are not separated out.

Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies says:

I am about to refine them and test them,

for what else can I do

because of my dear[fn] people?[fn]

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish

and gold from Uphaz.[fn]

The work of a craftsman

and of a goldsmith’s hands

is clothed in blue and purple,

all the work of skilled artisans.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.

Every goldsmith is put to shame

by his carved image,

for his cast images are a lie;

there is no breath in them.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,

for his cast images are a lie;

there is no breath in them.

“Some of those who have insight will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

“Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

“I will put this third through the fire;

I will refine them as silver is refined

and test them as gold is tested.

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.’ ”

But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s bleach.[fn]