^15 (A)I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and ^(B)I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

^14 (A)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^(B)the nations that they had not known. ^(C)Thus the land they left was desolate, ^(D)so that no one went to and fro, ^(E)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”

²⁷ And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among the peoples, ^(B)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

²² As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; ^(A)I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

⁸ Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, ^(A)I will scatter you among the peoples,

Suffering as a Christian

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at ^(A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

¹² His ^(A)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^(B)gather his wheat into the barn, ^(C)but the chaff he will burn with ^(D)unquenchable fire.”

The Great Day of the Lord

4 ^[a] “For behold, ^(A)the day is coming, ^(B)burning like an oven, when ^(C)all the arrogant and ^(D)all evildoers ^(E)will be stubble. The day that is coming ^(F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

³ He will sit ^(A)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring ^(B)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.^[a]