4. Put in the pieces of meat,the best pieces—the legs and the shoulders.Fill it with the best bones.
5. Take the best of the flock,and 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 potwhose rust will not come off!Take the meat out of it, piece by piece.Don’t choose any special piece.
7. “ ‘The blood from her killings is still in the city.She poured the blood on the bare rock.She did not pour it on the groundwhere dust would cover it.
8. To stir up my anger and revenge,I put the blood she spilled on the bare rockso it will not be covered.
9. “ ‘So this is what the Lord God says:How terrible it will be for the city of murderers!I myself will pile the wood high for burning.