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Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,

“Put the cauldron on the fire.
    Put it on,
    and also pour water into it.
Gather its pieces into it,
    even every good piece:
    the thigh and the shoulder.
    Fill it with the choice bones.
Take the choice of the flock,
    and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron.
Make it boil well.
    Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”

“‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Woe to the bloody city,
    to the cauldron whose rust is in it,
    and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece.
    No lot is fallen on it.

“‘“For her blood is in the middle of her.
    She set it on the bare rock.
She didn’t pour it on the ground,
    to cover it with dust.
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
    I have set her blood on the bare rock,
    that it should not be covered.”

“‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Woe to the bloody city!
    I also will make the pile great.
10 Heap on the wood.
    Make the fire hot.
Boil the meat well.
    Make the broth thick,
    and let the bones be burned.
11 Then set it empty on its coals,
    that it may be hot,
and its bronze may burn,
    and that its filthiness may be molten in it,
    that its rust may be consumed.
12 She is weary with toil;
    yet her great rust,
    rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.

13 “‘“In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.

14 I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways, and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”

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Tell this rebellious people(A) a parable(B) and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Put on the cooking pot;(C) put it on
    and pour water into it.
Put into it the pieces of meat,
    all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;(D)
    take the pick of the flock.(E)
Pile wood beneath it for the bones;
    bring it to a boil
    and cook the bones in it.(F)

“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(G) to the city of bloodshed,(H)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(I) it comes.(J)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(K)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.
10 So heap on the wood
    and kindle the fire.
Cook the meat well,
    mixing in the spices;
    and let the bones be charred.
11 Then set the empty pot on the coals
    till it becomes hot and its copper glows,
so that its impurities may be melted
    and its deposit burned away.(L)
12 It has frustrated all efforts;
    its heavy deposit has not been removed,
    not even by fire.

13 “‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed(M) from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.(N)

14 “‘I the Lord have spoken.(O) The time has come for me to act.(P) I will not hold back; I will not have pity,(Q) nor will I relent.(R) You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions,(S) declares the Sovereign Lord.(T)’”

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