Ezekiel 24:1-14

New Living Translation

“Put a pot on the fire,
    and pour in some water.
⁴ Fill it with choice pieces of meat—
    the rump and the shoulder
    and all the most tender cuts.
⁵ Use only the best sheep from the flock,
    and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot.
Bring the pot to a boil,
    and cook the bones along with the meat.

⁶ “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
    the city of murderers!
She is a cooking pot
    whose corruption can’t be cleaned out.
Take the meat out in random order,
    for no piece is better than another.
⁷ For the blood of her murders
    is splashed on the rocks.
It isn’t even spilled on the ground,
    where the dust could cover it!
⁸ So I will splash her blood on a rock
    for all to see,
an expression of my anger
    and vengeance against her.

⁹ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
    the city of murderers!
    I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
¹⁰ Yes, heap on the wood!
    Let the fire roar to make the pot boil.
Cook the meat with many spices,
    and afterward burn the bones.
¹¹ Now set the empty pot on the coals.
    Heat it red hot!
    Burn away the filth and corruption.
¹² But it’s hopeless;
    the corruption can’t be cleaned out.
    So throw it into the fire.
¹³ Your impurity is your lewdness
    and the corruption of your idolatry.
I tried to cleanse you,
    but you refused.
So now you will remain in your filth
    until my fury against you has been satisfied.