Ezekiel 24:3-12

3Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot on the fire — put it on, and then pour water into it!

4Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece — thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.

5Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

6“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents.

7For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

8In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

9“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I myself will make the pile of kindling large.

10Pile on the logs and kindle the fire! Cook the meat well and mix in the spices! Let the bones be burned!

11Set the empty pot on its coals so that it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt inside it; its corrosion will be consumed.

12It has frustrated every effort; its thick corrosion will not come off. Into the fire with its corrosion!