13. And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.
14. Doth thy heart stand--are thy hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done [it].
15. And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.
16. And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.'
17. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,
18. The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace--dross hath silver been,
19. Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,
20. A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace--to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.
21. And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.
22. As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'
23. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
24. `Son of man, say to it, Thou [art] a land, It [is] not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.
25. A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.