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"Present a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water into it;

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Put in it the pieces of meat, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

"Take the choicest of the flock, And also stack wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also boil its bones in it."

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: "Woe to the bloody 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, Without making a choice.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord God ; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

"For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.

For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

"So that it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, So that it will not be covered."

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: "Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the wood pile great.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

"Then set it empty on its burning coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow, And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust eliminated.

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

"She has wearied Me with work, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

"In your filthiness is outrageous sin. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have expended My wrath on you.

In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

"I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not overlook, I will not pity, and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares the Lord GOD.'"

I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God .