Ezekiel 24:3–13

³And ⁿutter a parable to ^othe rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

“Set on ^pthe pot, set it on;

pour in water also;

⁴put in it the pieces of meat,

all the good pieces, ^qthe thigh and the shoulder;

fill it with choice bones.

⁵Take the choicest one of the flock;

pile the logs¹ under it;

boil it well;

seethe also its bones in it.

⁶“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^rWoe to the bloody city, to ^pthe pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.^{2 7}For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^sthe bare rock; ^tshe did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^uI also will make the pile great. ¹⁰Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,³ and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^vthat its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ^12wShe has wearied herself with toil;⁴ its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^xyou shall not be cleansed anymore till ^yI have satisfied my fury upon you.