“ Son of man, the people of Israel have become like scum to me. All of them are like the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are only the scum that is removed from silver.”

“人子啊，以色列家在我看为渣滓。他们都是炉中的铜、锡、铁、铅，都是银渣滓。

“人子啊，我看以色列家为渣滓。他们是炉中的铜、锡、铁、铅，是炼银的渣滓。

“人子啊，我看以色列家为渣滓。他们是炉中的铜、锡、铁、铅，是炼银的渣滓。

“人子啊，在我看来，以色列人已经变成了渣滓。他们是炉中的铜、锡、铁、铅，都是银渣滓。

“人子啊！以色列家在我看来已成了渣滓；他们都是炉中的铜、锡、铁和铅；就是银的渣滓。

「人子啊，以色列家在我看為渣滓。他們都是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛，都是銀渣滓。

「人子啊，我看以色列家為渣滓。他們是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛，是煉銀的渣滓。

「人子啊，我看以色列家為渣滓。他們是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛，是煉銀的渣滓。

「人子啊，在我看來，以色列人已經變成了渣滓。他們是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛，都是銀渣滓。

“人子啊！以色列家在我看來已成了渣滓；他們都是爐中的銅、錫、鐵和鉛；就是銀的渣滓。

『人子啊，以色列家在我看來就是渣滓；他們都是鑪中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛：都是銀渣滓。

人子歟、我視以色列家為渣滓、彼在爐中、若銅鐵錫鉛、為銀之渣滓、

人子、我視以色列族若渣滓、彼在爐中、若銅鐵錫鉛焉、亦與銀之渣滓無異。

人子、我視以色列族若渣滓、若銅錫鐵鉛在冶爐中、悉若銀之渣滓、

“ 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.

“ 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.

“ Son 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.

“ 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.

“ Son 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.

“ 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.

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.

“ Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Son 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.

“ Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.

“ Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

You throw away all the sinners on earth as if they were trash. So I love your covenant laws.

Jerusalem, your silver isn’t pure anymore. Your best wine has been made weak with water.

All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.The fire is made very hot so the lead will burn away. But it is impossible to make these people pure. Those who are evil are not removed.They are like silver that is thrown away. That is because I have not accepted them.”

I have tested you in the furnace of suffering. I have tried to make you pure. But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.

Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold. But the Lord tests our hearts.

Look at how the gold has lost its brightness! See how dull the fine gold has become! The sacred jewels are scattered at every street corner.The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.

I will turn my power against you. I will make you completely‘ clean.’ I will remove everything that is not pure.

I knew how stubborn you were. Your neck muscles were as unbending as iron. Your forehead was as hard as bronze.

People put silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace. They melt it with a blazing fire. In the same way, I will gather you. I will pour out my burning anger on you. I will put you inside the city and melt you.

Their hiding places will be destroyed when terror strikes them. Their commanders will see their enemy’s battle flags. Then they will be filled with panic,” announces the Lord. His fire blazes out from Mount Zion. His furnace burns in Jerusalem.