Ezekiel 24:3–13

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

Put the pot^r on the fire—

put it on,

and then pour water into it!

⁴Place the pieces of meat in it,

every good piece—

thigh and shoulder.

Fill it with choice bones.

⁵Take the choicest of the flock

and also pile up the fuel^A 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.

⁷For the blood she shed^B 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

⁸In 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.

¹⁰Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!

Cook the meat well

and mix in the spices!^CD

Let the bones be burned!

¹¹Set 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

¹²It has frustrated every effort;^E

its thick corrosion will not come off.

Into the fire with its corrosion!

¹³Because 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