²² Because of them a ^(A)curse will be ^[a]used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon ^(B)roasted in the fire,’

¹⁸ “Son of man, the house of Israel has become ^[a](A)waste metal to Me; all of them are ^(B)bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the ^(C)smelting furnace; they are the ^[b]waste metal of silver. ¹⁹ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because all of you have become ^[c]waste metal, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ²⁰ As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the ^(D)smelting furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will place you there and melt you. ²¹ And I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. ²² As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have ^(E)poured out My wrath on you.’”

⁴² and they ^(A)will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place ^(B)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ and they ^(A)will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place ^(B)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

² He opened the shaft of the abyss, and ^(A)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^(B)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft.

¹¹ And the ^(A)smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; ^(B)they have no rest day and night, those who ^(C)worship the beast and his ^(D)image, and ^[a]whoever receives the ^(E)mark of his name.”