Ezekiel 24:3-14

3Speak a 1parable to the 2rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord 3God, “Put on the 4pot, put it on and also pour water in it;456Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.5Take the 7choicest of the flock, And also pile 8wood under 9the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it.”

6‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the 10bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, 11Without making a choice.7For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not 12pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.8That it may 13cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.” 9Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “14Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.10Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, 15Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.11Then 16set it empty on its coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may 17glow And its 18filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust consumed.12She has 19wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!13In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are 20not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have 2122spent My wrath on you. 14I, the Lord, have spoken; it is 23coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not 24pity and I will not be sorry; 25according to your ways and according to your deeds 26I will judge you,” declares the Lord God.’”