KJV ORIGINAL
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Listen, the people of Israel have become like the leftover junk when you're trying to make something pure. They're like cheap metals — brass, tin, iron, lead — mixed in with what should be precious silver. When you put it all in the fire to purify it, they're the worthless stuff that gets thrown away.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's saying his people became the impurities instead of the treasure.
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