Ezekiel 22:19

19 So this is what the LORD God says: Because you've all become a waste product, I'm now gathering you into the middle of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, because ye are all become
dross
King, princes, nobles, prophets, priests, as well as the common people; the apostasy was general, in city and country; scarcely any exceptions to be made: therefore will I gather you into the midst of Jerusalem;
from the several parts of the country, thinking they should be safe there, when the design of God by this providence was the destruction of them in it.

Ezekiel 22:19 In-Context

17 The LORD's word came to me:

18 Human one, the house of Israel has become a waste product for me. They are all copper, tin, iron, and lead. In the furnace, they've become the waste product of silver.

19 So this is what the LORD God says: Because you've all become a waste product, I'm now gathering you into the middle of Jerusalem.

20 Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are collected and placed in a furnace to fan the flames under them and melt them down, so in my anger and rage I will collect you, put you in, and melt you down.

21 I will gather you, fan the flames of my wrath under you, and melt you down in the middle of it.