Ezekiel 24:3-14

International Standard Version

“Prepare your pot for boiling!
    Set it in place.
        Fill it up with water, too.
⁴ Gather together the best pieces of meat on it—
    including the thighs and the shoulders—
        and fill it with the choicest bones.
⁵ Take the best bones from the flock,
    pile wood^[a] under the pot^[b] for the bones,
bring it to a boil,
    and then cook the bones in it.”’”

‘How terrible it is for that blood-filled city,
    to the pot whose rust remains in it,
        whose rust won’t come off.
Empty it one piece at a time.
    Don’t let a lot fall on it.
⁷ Her blood was in it.
    She poured it out onto bare rock.
She didn’t pour it out on the ground,
    intending to cover it with dirt.
⁸ In order to stir up my anger
    and in order to take vengeance,
I set the blood on a bare rock
    so that it cannot be covered.’

‘How terrible it is for that blood-filled city—
    I’m also going to add to my^[c] pile of kindling.
¹⁰ Pile up the wood!
    Make the fire burn hot.
Boil the meat!
    Mix the seasonings.
Burn those bones to a crisp!
¹¹ Make the pot stand empty on the coals
    until its bronze glows red,^[d]
its rust can be scoured off,^[e]
    and its dross completely removed.
¹² The pot^[f] wearies me,^[g]
    but its thick^[h] rust won’t come off,
        even with fire.
¹³ There is wickedness in your obscene conduct.
    Even though I’ve cleansed you,
        your uncleanness cannot be washed away.
You cannot be cleansed again
    until my rage against you has subsided.’