Ezekiel 24:6

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ¹  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ²  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ³ 

Ezekiel 24:13

24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. ⁴ 

I tried to cleanse you, ⁵  but you are not clean.

You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness ⁶ 

until I have exhausted my anger on you.

[24:6]  ¹ tn Or “rust.”

[24:6]  ² tn Heb “has not gone out.”

[24:6]  ³ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

[24:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your uncleanness (is) obscene conduct.”

[24:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “because I cleansed you.” In this context (see especially the very next statement), the statement must refer to divine intention and purpose. Despite God’s efforts to cleanse his people, they resisted him and remained morally impure.

[24:13]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds the word “again.”