¹⁸ “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross^(A) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.^(B) They are but the dross of silver.^(C)

¹⁹ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,^(A) I will gather you into Jerusalem.