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In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the
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And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord
Set on the pot, set it on,
pour in water also;
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put in it the pieces,
all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder;
fill it with choice bones.
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Take the choicest one of the flock,
pile the logs 1 under it;
boil its pieces, 2
seethe 3 also its bones in it.
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Therefore thus says the Lord
Woe to the bloody city,
the pot whose rust is in it,
whose rust has not gone out of it!
Empty it piece by piece,
making no choice at all. 4
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For the blood she shed is inside it;
she placed it on a bare rock;
she did not pour it out on the ground,
to cover it with earth.
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To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance,
I have placed the blood she shed
on a bare rock,
so that it may not be covered.
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Therefore thus says the Lord
Woe to the bloody city!
I will even make the pile great.
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Heap up the logs, kindle the fire;
boil the meat well, mix in the spices,
let the bones be burned.
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Stand it empty upon the coals,
so that it may become hot, its copper glow,
its filth melt in it, its rust be consumed.
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In vain I have wearied myself; 5
its thick rust does not depart.
To the fire with its rust! 6
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Yet, when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness,
you did not become clean from your filth;
you shall not again be cleansed
until I have satisfied my fury upon you.
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I the
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The word of the
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Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?"
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Then I said to them: The word of the
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And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart's affection, and also 9 their sons and their daughters,
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on that day, one who has escaped will come to you to report to you the news.
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On that day your mouth shall be opened to the one who has escaped, and you shall speak and no longer be silent. So you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the