“Therefore,
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘Because you have all become
Worthless dross,
I will gather you
Into the midst of Jerusalem.
As one gathers
Silver,
Bronze,
Iron,
Lead,
Tin,
Into a smelter furnace,
To blow the fire
Upon them,
In order
To melt them.
So I will gather you
In my anger,
In my wrath.
I will put you in
The furnace of Jerusalem.
I will melt you.
I will gather you
I will blow upon you
With the fire
Of my wrath.
You shall be melted
Within it.
As silver is melted
In a smelter furnace,
So you shall be melted
In it.
You shall know
That I,
Yahweh,
Have poured out
My wrath
Upon you.’”
Yahweh said that they all had become worthless dross in Jerusalem. Just like one gathers silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin to put into a smelter furnace, so too the anger and wrath of Yahweh would gather them together. He would put them into Jerusalem to melt them with the fire of his wrath. He was going to blow fire on them, just like fire on metals in a smelter furnace. Thus they would know that Yahweh had poured out his fiery wrath upon them.