⁷ Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says:

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.’”