8. Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
9. Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
10. In thee have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.
11. And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
12. In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
13. Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
14. Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.
15. And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
16. And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
17. And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
18. Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
19. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20. As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
21. Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.