Ezekiel 22:16-20

Living Bible

¹⁶ You will be dishonored among the nations, and you shall know I am the Lord.”

¹⁷ Then the Lord said this:

^18-20 “Son of dust, the people of Israel are the worthless slag left when silver is smelted. They are the dross, compounded from the brass, the tin, the iron, and the lead. Therefore the Lord God says: ‘Because you are worthless dross, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem, to smelt you with the heat of my wrath.