Ezekiel 24:3–13

³“Speak a ^aparable to the ^brebellious house, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Put on the ^cpot, put it on and also pour water in it;

^41aPut in it the pieces,

Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;

Fill it with choice bones.

⁵“Take the ^achoicest of the flock,

And also pile ¹wood under ²the pot.

Make it seethe vigorously.

Also boil its bones in it.”

⁶‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Woe to the ^acity of blood,

To the pot in which there is rust

And whose rust has not gone out of it!

Take out of it piece after piece,

¹Without making a choice.

⁷“For her blood is in her midst;

She placed it on the bare rock;

She did not ^apour it on the ground

To cover it with dust.

⁸“That it may ^acause wrath to come up to take vengeance,

I have put her blood on the bare rock,

That it may not be covered.”

⁹‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“^aWoe to the city of blood!

I also will make the pile great.

¹⁰“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,

Completely cook the flesh

And mix in the spices

And let the bones be burned.

¹¹“Then ^astand it empty on its coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze may ¹glow

And its ^buncleanness may be melted in it,

Its rust brought to a complete end.

¹²“She has ^awearied Me with toil,

Yet her great rust has not gone from her;

Let her rust be in the fire!

¹³“In your uncleanness is lewdness.

Because I would have cleansed you,

Yet you are ^anot clean;

You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again

Until I have ^1bcaused My wrath against you to be at rest.