“Put on the ^(C)pot, put it on and also pour water into it;
^4 [b](D)Put in it the pieces of meat,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
⁵ Take the ^(E)choicest of the flock,
And also stack ^[c]wood under ^[d]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also boil its bones in it.”

“Woe to the ^(F)bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
^[e]Without making a choice.
⁷ For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not ^(G)pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
⁸ So that it may ^(H)cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
So that it will not be covered.”

“^(I)Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the wood pile great.
¹⁰ Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
^[f]Cook the meat thoroughly
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned up.
¹¹ Then ^(J)set it empty on its burning coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may ^[g]glow,
And its ^(K)filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust eliminated.
¹² She has ^(L)wearied Me with work,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
¹³ In your filthiness is outrageous sin.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are ^(M)not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have ^[h](N)expended My wrath on you.

² You who hate good and love evil,
Who ^(A)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
³ Who ^(B)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Smash their bones,
And ^(C)chop them up as for the pot,
And as meat in a cauldron!”