Verse 25
25. turn . . . hand—not in wrath, but in grace ( :-), "upon thee," as Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 1:27 show; contrasted with the enemies, of whom He will avenge Himself (Isaiah 1:27- :).
purely—literally, "as alkali purifies."
thy dross—not thy sins, but the sinful persons (Isaiah 1:27- :); "enemies" (Isaiah 1:27- :); degenerate princes (see on Isaiah 1:27- :), intermingled with the elect "remnant" of grace.
tin—Hebrew, bedil, here the alloy of lead, tin, &c., separated by smelting from the silver. The pious Bishop Bedell took his motto from this.
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