Ezekiel 24:1-14

1Now the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, 2“Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon 1has 2laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3Present a 3parable to the 4rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord 5God says: “Put on the 6pot, put it on and also pour water into it;478Put in it the pieces of meat, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.5Take the 9choicest of the flock, And also stack 10wood under 11the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also boil its bones in it.”

6‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Woe to the 12bloody 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, 13Without making a choice.7For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not 14pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.8So that it may 15cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, So that it will not be covered.” 9Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “16Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the wood pile great.10Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, 17Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.11Then 18set it empty on its burning coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may 19glow, And its 20filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust eliminated.12She has 21wearied Me with work, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!13In your filthiness is outrageous sin. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are 22not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have 2324expended My wrath on you. 14I, the Lord, have spoken; it is 25coming and I will act. I will not overlook, I will not 26pity, and I will not be sorry; 27according to your ways and according to your deeds 28I will judge you,” declares the Lord God.’”