Ezekiel 22:18
ContextNET © | “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. |
NIV © | "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver. |
NASB © | "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. |
NLT © | "Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over––a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead. |
MSG © | "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. |
BBE © | Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste. |
NRSV © | Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross. |
NKJV © | "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. |
KJV | Son <01121> of man <0120>_, the house <01004> of Israel <03478> is to me become dross <05509>_: all they [are] brass <05178>_, and tin <0913>_, and iron <01270>_, and lead <05777>_, in the midst <08432> of the furnace <03564>_; they are [even] the dross <05509> of silver <03701>_. {dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc} |
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NET © | “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. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30. |