Ezekiel 22:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver^[a] and bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace, have become dross. ¹⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ²⁰ As men gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire upon it in order to melt it; so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.