24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month
“‘Set on the pot,
pour water in it too;
24:4 add the pieces of meat to it,
every good piece,
the thigh and the shoulder;
fill it with choice bones.
24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock,
heap up bones under it;
boil rapidly,
and boil its bones in it.
24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot whose rot
whose rot has not been removed
Empty it piece by piece.
No lot has fallen on it.
24:7 For her blood was in it;
she poured it on an exposed rock;
she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.
24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,
I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.
24:9 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed!
I will also make the pile high.
24:10 Pile up the bones, kindle the fire;
cook the meat well, mix in the spices,
let the bones be charred.
24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals,
until it becomes hot and its copper glows,
until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot
24:12 It has tried my patience;
yet its thick rot is not removed
Subject its rot to the fire!
24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct.
I tried to cleanse you,
You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness
until I have exhausted my anger on you.
24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment
24:15 The word of Lord came to me:
24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt,
24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning
24:20 So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride,