3 Now speak a parableq to the rebellious house. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Put the potr on the fire—

put it on,

and then pour water into it!

4 Place the pieces of meat in it,

every good piece—

thigh and shoulder.

Fill it with choice bones.

5 Take the choicest of the flock

and also pile up the fuelE under it.

Bring it to a boil

and cook the bones in it.

6 “ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,s

the pot that has corrosion inside it,

and its corrosion has not come out of it!

Empty it piece by piece;

lots should not be cast for its contents.

7 For the blood she shedF is still within her.

She put it out on the bare rock;

she didn’t pour it on the ground

to cover it with dust.t

8 In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance,u

I have put her blood on the bare rock,

so that it would not be covered.

9 “ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed!v

I myself will make the pile of kindling large.

10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!

Cook the meat well

and mix in the spices!A,B

Let the bones be burned!

11 Set the empty pot on its coals

so that it becomes hot and its copper glows.

Then its impurity will melt inside it;

its corrosion will be consumed.a

12 It has frustrated every effort;C

its thick corrosion will not come off.

Into the fire with its corrosion!

13 Because of the depravity of your uncleanness—

since I tried to purify you,

but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—

you will not be pure again

until I have satisfied my wrath on you.b

14 I, the Lord, have spoken.

It is coming, and I will do it!c

I will not refrain, I will not show pity,

and I will not relent.

ID will judge you

according to your ways and deeds.d

This is the declaration of the Lord God.’ ”