9. Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Woe to the city full of blood!I will make the pyre great!
10. Pile on the wood, kindle the fire.Cook the meat, stir the spicy mixture,char the bones!
11. Then set it empty on the coals,to heat up until its copper glows,So its impurities melt,its filth disappears.
12. The toil is exhausting,but the great filth will not come out—Filth, even with fire.
13. Even in defiling yourself with depravityI would still have cleansed you,but you would not have your impurity cleansed.You will not be cleansed nowuntil I wreak my fury on you.
14. I, the Lord, have spoken;it will happen!I will do it and not hold back!I will not have pity or relent.By your conduct and deeds you shall be judged—oracle of the Lord God.
15. The word of the Lord came to me:
16. Son of man, with a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears.
17. Groan, moan for the dead, but make no public lament; bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, but do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners.
18. I spoke to the people in the morning. In the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.
19. Then the people asked me, “Will you not tell us what all these things you are doing mean for us?”