Ezekiel 22:16-19
New American Standard Bible
17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18Son of man, the house of Israel has become waste metal to Me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the smelting furnace; they are the waste metal of silver.
19Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because all of you have become waste metal, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
King James Version
17And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
19Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 22
16You will be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’"
17The word of the Lord came to me:
18"Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.
19Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
17Then this message came to me from the Lord:
18Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over — a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
19So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
17And the word of the Lord came to me:
18"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.
19Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
New International Version
Chapter 22
16When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’ "
17Then the word of the Lord came to me:
18"Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
19Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
New King James Version
17The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.
19Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
