1. Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2. Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day.
3. And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4. gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5. Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it: make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be seethed in the midst of it.
6. Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; no lot is fallen upon it.
7. For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8. That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
9. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
10. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
11. Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.
12. She hath wearied herself with toil: yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.
13. In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
14. I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD
15. Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
16. Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.