3 “Speak a aparable to the brebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord 1God,

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

4 1aPut 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 boil vigorously.

Also seethe its bones in it.”

6 ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“Woe to the abloody city,

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 the Lord God,

“aWoe to the bloody city!

I also will make the pile great.

10 “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,

1Boil the flesh well

And mix in the spices,

And let the bones be burned.

11 “Then aset it empty on its coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze may 1glow

And its bfilthiness may be melted in it,

Its rust consumed.

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 filthiness is lewdness.

Because I would have cleansed you,

Yet you are anot clean,

You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again

Until I have 1bspent My wrath on you.