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

我必反手加在你身上，炼尽你的渣滓，除净你的杂质。

我必反手对付你，如碱炼净你的渣滓，除尽你的杂质。

我必反手对付你，如碱炼净你的渣滓，除尽你的杂质。

我必攻击你，用碱炼净你的渣滓，除尽你的杂质。

我必把手转过来攻击你；我要炼除你的渣滓，如同用碱来炼一样，我要除去你的一切杂质。

我必转手对付你，如同用碱炼净你的渣滓，除尽你一切的杂质。

我必反手加在你身上，煉盡你的渣滓，除淨你的雜質。

我必反手對付你，如鹼煉淨你的渣滓，除盡你的雜質。

我必反手對付你，如鹼煉淨你的渣滓，除盡你的雜質。

我必攻擊你，用鹼煉淨你的渣滓，除盡你的雜質。

我必把手轉過來攻擊你；我要煉除你的渣滓，如同用鹼來煉一樣，我要除去你的一切雜質。

我必將手轉過去攻擊你；我必鍊除你的雜質於爐中，除去你一切的渣滓。

我必轉手對付你，如同用鹼煉淨你的渣滓，除盡你一切的雜質。

措手於爾、盡鍊爾渣滓、悉去爾雜質、

輔翼我民、鍛鍊若金、消融渣滓。

我必加手於爾、消融爾渣滓、盡除爾鉛錫、

I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.

I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.

I will turn my hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.

I will also turn My hand against you, And smelt away your impurities as with lye; And I will remove all your slag.

I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

I will turn My hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

He will act like one who makes silver pure. And he will purify the Levites, just as gold and silver are purified with fire. Then these men will bring proper offerings to the Lord.

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will it be like that?” He answered,“ It will last until the cities of Israel are destroyed. It will last until no one is living in them. It will last until the houses are deserted. The fields will be completely destroyed.It will last until the Lord has sent everyone far away. The land will be totally deserted.Suppose only a tenth of the people remain there. Even then the land will be completely destroyed again. But when oak trees and terebinth trees are cut down, stumps are left. And my holy people will be like stumps that begin to grow again.”

So the Lord who rules over all says,“ I will put them through the fire to test them. What else can I do? My people are so sinful!

The Lord will wash away the sin of the women in Zion. He will clean up the blood that was spilled there. He will judge those who spilled that blood. His burning anger will blaze out at them.

Jerusalem, you have done many wrong things to me. But at that time you will not be put to shame anymore. That’s because I will remove from this city those who think so highly of themselves. You will never be proud again on my holy mountain of Zion.

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

I will get rid of those among you who turn against me. They refuse to obey me. I will bring them out of the land where they are living. But they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Silver is melted in a furnace. And you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I have poured out my burning anger on you. I am the Lord.”

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.

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.

‘ I warn and correct those I love. So be sincere, and turn away from your sins.

His pitchfork is in his hand to clear the straw from his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the storeroom. But he will burn up the husks with fire that can’t be put out.”

“ My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd! Attack the man who is close to me,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ Strike down the shepherd. Then the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn my hand against their little ones.Here is what will happen in the whole land,” announces the Lord.“ Two- thirds of the people will be struck down and die. But one- third will be left.I will put this third in the fire. I will make them as pure as silver. I will test them like gold. They will call out to me. And I will answer them. I will say,‘ They are my people.’ And they will say,‘ The Lord is our God.’ ”