Ezekiel 24:3-13

English Standard Version

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

“Set on ^(C)the pot, set it on;
    pour in water also;
⁴put in it the pieces of meat,
    all the good pieces, ^(D)the thigh and the shoulder;
    fill it with choice bones.
⁵Take the choicest one of the flock;
    pile the logs^[a] under it;
boil it well;
    seethe also its bones in it.

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] ⁷For 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. ⁸To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(I)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[c] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹Then 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! ¹³On 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.