16. You will be humiliated in the eyes of other nations. Then you will know that I, the Lord God, have done these things.
17. The Lord said:
18. Ezekiel, son of man, I consider the people of Israel as worthless as the leftover metal in a furnace after silver has been purified.
19. So I am going to bring them together in Jerusalem.
20-21. I will be like a metalworker who collects that metal from the furnace and melts it down. I will collect the Israelites and blow on them with my fiery anger. They will melt inside the city of Jerusalem
22. like silver in a furnace. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have punished them in my anger.
23. The Lord said:
24. Ezekiel, son of man, tell the people of Israel that their country is full of sin, and that I, the Lord, am furious!