14. How can your heart endure, or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.
15. And I will disperse you among the nations, and I will scatter you among the lands, and I will cause your uncleanness to fade away from you.
16. And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles. And you shall know that I am the Lord."
17. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
18. "Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.
19. Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have all turned into dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,