1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day. The king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
3 Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“Put the cauldron on the fire.Put it on,and also pour water into it.
4 Gather its pieces 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 also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron.Make it boil well.Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”
6 “‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:“Woe to the bloody city,to the cauldron whose rust is in it,and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it!Take out of it piece after piece.No lot is fallen on it.
7 “‘“For her blood is in the middle of her.She set it on the bare rock.She didn’t pour it on the ground,to cover it with dust.