8. So I will splash her blood on a rockfor all to see,an expression of my angerand vengeance against her.
9. “This is what the Sovereign lord says:What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,the city of murderers!I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
10. Yes, heap on the wood!Let the fire roar to make the pot boil.Cook the meat with many spices,and afterward burn the bones.
11. Now set the empty pot on the coals.Heat it red hot!Burn away the filth and corruption.
12. But it’s hopeless;the corruption can’t be cleaned out.So throw it into the fire.
13. Your impurity is your lewdnessand the corruption of your idolatry.I tried to cleanse you,but you refused.So now you will remain in your filthuntil my fury against you has been satisfied.
14. “I, the lord, have spoken! The time has come, and I won’t hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign lord.”
15. Then this message came to me from the lord:
16. “Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears.