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I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.
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You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
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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; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.
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Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.