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I'll throw you to the four winds. I'll scatter you all over the world. I'll put a full stop to your filthy living.
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You will be defiled, spattered with your own mud in the eyes of the nations. And you'll recognize that I am God.'"
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God's Message came to me:
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"Son of man, the people of Israel are slag to me, the useless byproduct of refined copper, tin, iron, and lead left at the smelter - a worthless slag heap.
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So tell them, 'God, the Master, has spoken: Because you've all become worthless slag, you're on notice: I'll assemble you in Jerusalem.