12A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!
13And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.
14Doth thy heart stand -- are thy hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done [it].
15And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.
16And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.`
17And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,
18The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,
