Ezekiel 24:1-14

New International Version

“‘Put on the cooking pot;^(F) put it on
    and pour water into it.
⁴ Put into it the pieces of meat,
    all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;^(G)
5     take the pick of the flock.^(H)
Pile wood beneath it for the bones;
    bring it to a boil
    and cook the bones in it.^(I)

“‘Woe^(J) to the city of bloodshed,^(K)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order^(L) it comes.^(M)

⁷ “‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.^(N)
8 To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.
¹⁰ So heap on the wood
    and kindle the fire.
Cook the meat well,
    mixing in the spices;
    and let the bones be charred.
¹¹ Then set the empty pot on the coals
    till it becomes hot and its copper glows,
so that its impurities may be melted
    and its deposit burned away.^(O)
12 It has frustrated all efforts;
    its heavy deposit has not been removed,
    not even by fire.