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Furnace
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Genesis 15:17 (b) By this type we learn that the experiences of Israel in the land of Egypt would be one of suffering and of shame, of pain and of anguish as the Egyptians treated the Israelites as slaves. (See1Ki 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4).
Deuteronomy 4:20 (a) Here again the Word is used to describe the sorrows of Israel which they suffered through the four hundred years of their slavery.
Psalm 12:6 (a) This symbol represents the testings and examinations of the Scriptures by wicked, hostile men as they sought to destroy GOD's words. It is a picture also of the carefulness and thoroughness with which GOD chose His words as they were placed in the Scriptures.
Isaiah 31:9 (a) This picture is used to illustrate the terrible destruction which Judah and Jerusalem would bring upon Assyria.
Isaiah 48:10 (b) The type in this place describes the great trials and sorrows that Israel would experience through and during her national history.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Furnace'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/f/furnace.html. 1957.
