Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! (A)I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,[a] and let the bones be burned up. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, (B)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12 (C)She has wearied herself with toil;[b] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:10 Or empty out the broth
  2. Ezekiel 24:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.
10 So heap on the wood
    and kindle the fire.
Cook the meat well,
    mixing in the spices;
    and let the bones be charred.
11 Then set the empty pot on the coals
    till it becomes hot and its copper glows,
so that its impurities may be melted
    and its deposit burned away.(A)
12 It has frustrated all efforts;
    its heavy deposit has not been removed,
    not even by fire.

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