Ezekiel 22:17 YLT

¹⁵  And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.

¹⁶  And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I 'am' Jehovah.'

¹⁷  And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Son of man,

¹⁸  The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them 'are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

¹⁹  Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,