Ezekiel 22:13-22

New International Version

¹³ “‘I will surely strike my hands^(A) together at the unjust gain^(B) you have made and at the blood^(C) you have shed in your midst.^{(D) 14} Will your courage endure^(E) or your hands^(F) be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken,^(G) and I will do it.^{(H) 15} I will disperse you among the nations and scatter^(I) you through the countries; and I will put an end to^(J) your uncleanness.^{(K) 16} When you have been defiled^[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”

¹⁷ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁸ “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross^(L) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.^(M) They are but the dross of silver.^{(N) 19} Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,^(O) I will gather you into Jerusalem. ²⁰ As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.^{(P) 21} I will gather you and I will blow^(Q) on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.^{(R) 22} As silver is melted^(S) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath^(T) on you.’”^(U)