A closed fireplace made of brick or stone for domestic or industrial usage. Used figuratively, it represents God's presence, testing and judgment.

Nehemiah 3:11; 12:38

Everyday use of furnaces

Lamentations 5:10

As a stove or oven

Daniel 3:6
Exodus 9:8

As a kiln

Psalms 12:6
Proverbs 27:21

For smelting metals

Genesis 15:17

Figurative use of furnaces

Isaiah 31:9

As a symbol of God's majestic presence

Isaiah 48:10

See also

As a symbol of affliction and testing

Deuteronomy 4:20
1 Kings 8:51
Proverbs 17:3
Jeremiah 11:4
Matthew 13:42

See also

As a symbol of God's wrath

Genesis 19:28
Psalms 21:9
Ezekiel 22:17-22
Malachi 4:1
Matthew 13:50
Revelation 9:2

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4348 mining
4351 refining
4402 plants
4826 fire
4830 height
5436 pain
5560 suffering
8832 testing
9510 hell