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.
8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,I have set her blood on the bare rock,that it should not be covered.”
9 “‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:“Woe to the bloody city!I also will make the pile great.