^3 (A)who say, ^(B)‘The time is not near^[a] to build houses. ^(C)This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

²⁷ “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ^(A)‘The vision that he sees is ^(B)for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

²² “Son of man, ^(A)what is this proverb that you^[a] have about the land of Israel, saying, ^(B)‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing’?

^4 (A)They will say, “Where is the promise of ^(B)his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”

³ And ^(A)utter a parable to ^(B)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

⁶ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(E)Woe to the bloody city, to ^(F)the 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.^{[b] 7} For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^(G)the bare rock; ^(H)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(I)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰ Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[c] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^(J)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ^12 (K)She has wearied herself with toil;^[d] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³ On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^(L)you shall not be cleansed anymore till ^(M)I have satisfied my fury upon you. ^14 (N)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; ^(O)I will not spare; ^(P)I will not relent; ^(Q)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(A)Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^(B)they are the meat, and ^(C)this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. ^8 (D)You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. ⁹ And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^(E)give you into the hands of foreigners, and ^(F)execute judgments upon you. ^10 (G)You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^(H)and you shall know that I am the Lord. ^11 (I)This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel,

^7 (A)Your doom^[a] has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. ^(B)The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not ^(C)of joyful shouting on the mountains.

¹¹ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^(A)“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond^[a] branch.” ¹² Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

¹³ The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see ^(B)a boiling pot, facing away ^(C)from the north.”