Bible in Basic English
"Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste."
— Ezekiel 22:18, Bible in Basic English
“Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. ”
And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.
And you will be made low before the eyes of the nations; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.
As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.