20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the ^wiron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own ^xinheritance, as you are this day.

18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become ^fdross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.

20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.

22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have ^hpoured out my wrath upon you.”