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 to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance