11. Then set the empty pot on the coalstill it becomes hot and its copper glows,so that its impurities may be meltedand its deposit burned away.
12. It has frustrated all efforts;its heavy deposit has not been removed,not even by fire.
13. ‘ “Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
14. ‘ “I the Lord have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
15. The word of the Lord came to me:
16. ‘Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears.