Ezekiel 22:13-22

13“‘Now look, I clap my hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.

14Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.

15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries; I will purge your uncleanness.

16You will be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

17The word of the Lord came to me:

18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.

19Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.

20Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you.

21Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted within the city.

22As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my wrath on you.”