10. The men in you have sexual relations with their fathers’ wives and with women who are unclean, during their time of monthly bleeding.
11. One man in you does a hateful act with his neighbor’s wife, while another has shamefully made his daughter-in-law unclean sexually. And another forces his half sister to have sexual relations with him.
12. The people in you take money to kill others. You take unfair interest and profits and make profits by mistreating your neighbor. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
13. “ ‘So, Jerusalem, I will shake my fist at you for stealing money and for murdering people.
14. Will you still be brave and strong when I punish you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.
15. I will scatter you among the nations and spread you through the countries. That is how I will get rid of your uncleanness.
16. But you, yourself, will be dishonored in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
17. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
18. “Human, the people of Israel have become useless like scum to me. They are like the copper, tin, iron, and lead left in the furnace when silver is purified.
19. So this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have become useless like scum, I am going to put you together inside Jerusalem.
20. People put silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin together inside a furnace to melt them down in a blazing fire. In the same way I will gather you in my hot anger and put you together in Jerusalem and melt you down.