Eze 22:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. dross ... brass-- Israel has become a worthless compound of the dross of silver (implying not merely corruption, but degeneracy from good to bad, , especially offensive) and of the baser metals. Hence the people must be thrown into the furnace of judgment, that the bad may be consumed, and the good separated ( , ).

‏ Ezekiel 22:18

18. dross ... brass--Israel has become a worthless compound of the dross of silver (implying not merely corruption, but degeneracy from good to bad, Is 1:22, especially offensive) and of the baser metals. Hence the people must be thrown into the furnace of judgment, that the bad may be consumed, and the good separated (Jr 6:29, 30).