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10 Pile up the wood
    and ·light [kindle] the fire.
Cook the meat well.
    ·Mix in the spices [or Pour out all the broth],
    and let the bones burn.
11 Then set the empty pot on the coals
    so it may become hot and its copper sides glow.
·The dirty scum stuck inside it [So that its impurities/uncleanness] may then melt
    and its ·rust [corrosion; rot] burn away.
12 ·But efforts to clean the pot have failed [L It has wearied itself with toil].
    Its heavy ·rust [corrosion; rot] cannot be removed,
    ·even in the fire [or Into the fire with its rust/corrosion!].

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