Ezekiel 24:3–13

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;

^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 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.