Ezekiel 24:3–13

^24:3Recite a proverb to this rebellious house⁴ and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘Set on the pot,⁵ set it on,

pour water in it too;

^24:4add the pieces of meat to it,

every good piece,

the thigh and the shoulder;

fill it with choice bones.

^24:5Take the choice bone of the flock,

heap up bones under it;

boil rapidly,

and boil its bones in it.

^24:6“ ‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot⁶ is in it,

whose rot has not been removed⁷ from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it.⁸

^24:7For her blood was in it;

she poured it on an exposed rock;

she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

^24:8To arouse anger, to take vengeance,

I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

^24:9“ ‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed!

I will also make the pile high.

^24:10Pile up the bones, kindle the fire;

cook the meat well, mix in the spices,

let the bones be charred.

^24:11Set the empty pot on the coals,⁹

until it becomes hot and its copper glows,

until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot¹⁰ is consumed.

^24:12It has tried my patience;¹¹

yet its thick rot is not removed¹² from it.

Subject its rot to the fire!¹³

^24:13You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct.¹⁴

I tried to cleanse you,¹⁵ but you are not clean.

You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness¹⁶

until I have exhausted my anger on you.