Ezekiel 24:3-14

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

6‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “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.8So that it may 13cause 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: “14Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the wood pile great.10Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, 15Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.11Then 16set it empty on its burning coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may 17glow, And its 18filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust eliminated.12She has 19wearied 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 20not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have 2122expended My wrath on you. 14I, the Lord, have spoken; it is 23coming and I will act. I will not overlook, 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.’”