13. I will shake my fist in anger at your violent crimes.
14. When I've finished with you, your courage will disappear, and you will be so weak that you won't be able to lift your hands. I, the Lord, have spoken and will not change my mind.
15. I will scatter you throughout every nation on earth and put a stop to your sinful ways.
16. You will be humiliated in the eyes of other nations. Then you will know that I, the Lord God, have done these things.
17. The Lord said:
18. Ezekiel, son of man, I consider the people of Israel as worthless as the leftover metal in a furnace after silver has been purified.
19. So I am going to bring them together in Jerusalem.
20-21. I will be like a metalworker who collects that metal from the furnace and melts it down. I will collect the Israelites and blow on them with my fiery anger. They will melt inside the city of Jerusalem
22. like silver in a furnace. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have punished them in my anger.
23. The Lord said:
24. Ezekiel, son of man, tell the people of Israel that their country is full of sin, and that I, the Lord, am furious!
25. Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims. They put people to death, then steal everything of value. Husbands are killed, and many women are left as widows.