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I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
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And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.