Ezekiel 22:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ And so the other nations will dishonor you, but you will know that I am the Lord.”

God's Refining Furnace

¹⁷ The Lord said to me, ¹⁸ “Mortal man, the Israelites are of no use to me. They are like waste metal—copper, tin, iron, and lead—left over after silver has been refined in a furnace.