Ezekiel 24:3-12

3Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;

4add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

5Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

6“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.

7For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

8To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

9“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.

10Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

11Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

12It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!