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The Boiling Pot

24In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²Mortal, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
Set on the pot, set it on,
   pour in water also;
⁴ put in it the pieces,
   all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder;
   fill it with choice bones.
⁵ Take the choicest one of the flock,
   pile the logs^* under it;
boil its pieces,^*
   seethe^* also its bones in it.

6 Therefore, thus says the Lord God:
Woe to the bloody city,
   the pot whose rust is in it,
   whose rust has not gone out of it!
Empty it piece by piece,
   making no choice at all.^*
7 For the blood she shed is inside it;
   she placed it on a bare rock;
she did not pour it out on the ground,
   to cover it with earth.
⁸ To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance,
   I have placed the blood she shed
   on a bare rock,
   so that it may not be covered.
⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Woe to the bloody city!
   I will even make the pile great.
¹⁰ Heap up the logs, kindle the fire;
   boil the meat well, mix in the spices,
   let the bones be burned.
¹¹ Stand it empty upon the coals,
   so that it may become hot, its copper glow,
   its filth melt in it, its rust be consumed.
¹² In vain I have wearied myself;^*
   its thick rust does not depart.
   To the fire with its rust!^*
13 Yet, when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness,
   you did not become clean from your filth;
you shall not again be cleansed
   until I have satisfied my fury upon you.
¹⁴I the Lord have spoken; the time is coming, I will act. I will not refrain, I will not spare, I will not relent. According to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord God.