Ezekiel 22:17-22 - Jerusalem As God's Furnace

¹⁷ This message came to me from the LORD: ¹⁸ "Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver. ¹⁹ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "Because all of you have become dross, watch out! I'm going to gather all of you at the center of Jerusalem, ²⁰ just like a smelter gathers all the silver, bronze, lead, and tin to the center of a furnace and injects fire in order to melt it, I'm going to gather you in my anger and rage, make you settle down and then I'm going to melt you down. ²¹ Indeed, I'm going to gather you together and exhale the fire of my fury, and then you'll be melted from the inside out ²² like melting silver at the center of a furnace. When you've been melted from the center out, then you'll know that I am the LORD. I'll pour out my anger on you.'"