OET interlinear EZEK 22:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the house of Israel has

(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind they_were to=me house_of Yisrael ל,סוג of_them_of,all copper/brass/bronze//coin and,tin and=iron and,lead in_the=middle furnace dross silver they_were )

The word “house” is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 3:1. Alternate translation: [the Israelites have] or [the Israelite people group has]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) has become dross to me

(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind they_were to=me house_of Yisrael ל,סוג of_them_of,all copper/brass/bronze//coin and,tin and=iron and,lead in_the=middle furnace dross silver they_were )

Dross is the impurities that are left over after silver or gold has been purified in a furnace. Here Yahweh speaks of the people being worthless to him as if they were dross. Alternate translation: [has become as worthless to me as dross]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) All of them are the leftovers of bronze and tin … like the dross of silver in your furnace

(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind they_were to=me house_of Yisrael ל,סוג of_them_of,all copper/brass/bronze//coin and,tin and=iron and,lead in_the=middle furnace dross silver they_were )

Yahweh continues to speaks about how the people have become worthless to him as if they were dross. Alternate translation: [All of them are as worthless as the leftover of bronze and tin, and iron and lead that remain after you melt silver in the furnace]