1. The Lord spoke his word to me. It was in the ninth year, in the tenth month of our captivity. It was on the tenth day of the month. He said:
2. “Human being, write for yourself this date, this very date. The king of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem this very day.
3. And tell a story to the people who refuse to obey me. Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says:Put on the pot. Put it onand pour water in it.
4. Put in the pieces of meat.Put in the best pieces—the legs and the shoulders.Fill it with the best bones.
5. Take the best of the flock.Pile wood under the pot.Boil the pieces of meatuntil even the bones are cooked.
6. “‘This is what the Lord God says:How terrible it will be for the city of murderers!How terrible it will be for the rusty pot!Its rust will not go away!Take the meat out of it, piece by piece.Don’t choose any special piece.