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Ezekiel 22:19

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I will: Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to melt the whole.

No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to.

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