14. Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it and will do it.
15. And I will scatter thee among the Gentiles and disperse thee in the countries and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
16. And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the Gentiles, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
17. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18. Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross; they are all brass and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; they are become the dross of silver.
19. Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20. As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it to melt it, so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will cause you to rest, and melt you.
21. I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
22. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
23. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24. Son of man, say unto her, Thou art not clean land, nor art thou sprinkled with rain in the day of indignation.
25. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasures and honour; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.