Ezekiel 22:18
22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; 1 they are the worthless slag of silver.
Ezekiel 22:22
22:22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.’”
1 tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.