¹⁷ The Lord’s word came to me: ¹⁸ Human one, the house of Israel has become a waste product for me. They are all copper, tin, iron, and lead. In the furnace, they’ve become the waste product of silver. ¹⁹ So this is what the Lord God says: Because you’ve all become a waste product, I’m now gathering you into the middle of Jerusalem. ²⁰ Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are collected and placed in a furnace to fan the flames under them and melt them down, so in my anger and rage I will collect you, put you in, and melt you down. ²¹ I will gather you, fan the flames of my wrath under you, and melt you down in the middle of it. ²² As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it. You will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my rage on you.