³ And deliver a proverb^[a] to the rebellious house,^[b] and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Place the pot! Place it and also pour water into it. ⁴ Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it with choice bones; ⁵ take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones^[c] under it; boil it vigorously;^[d] indeed,^[e] its bones boiled in the midst of it.”’”

⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! A pot that has its rust in it; its rust did not go out from it.^[f] Bring it out piece by piece;^[g] one is as good as another.^{[h] 7} For her blood was in the midst of her; she put it on a bare rock;^[i] she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.^{[j] 8} To stir up rage, to avenge myself through vengeance, I placed its blood on the barrenness of a rock, so that it may not be covered.”^[k]

⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great! ¹⁰ Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish cooking the meat, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned.^{[l] 11} And make it stand^[m] empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it,^[n] so that its uncleanness and its rust be consumed. ¹² Through effort she has caused weariness; its thick rust^[o] went not out of it. Its rust! Into the fire with its rust! ¹³ In your uncleanness is obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until I fully vent my rage^[p] on you. ¹⁴ I, Yahweh, I have spoken. It is coming, and I did it; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!”^[q] declares^[r] the Lord Yahweh.