Ezekiel 24:3-14

Now speak a parable  to the rebellious house. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot  on the fire — put it on, and then pour water into it! Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece — thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones. Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel  under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it. “ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed,  the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents. For the blood she shed  is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.  In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance,  I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered. “ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed!  I myself will make the pile of kindling large. Pile on the logs and kindle the fire! Cook the meat well and mix in the spices!  , Let the bones be burned! Set the empty pot on its coals so that it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt inside it; its corrosion will be consumed.  It has frustrated every effort;  its thick corrosion will not come off. Into the fire with its corrosion! Because of the depravity of your uncleanness — since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness — you will not be pure again until I have satisfied my wrath on you.  I, the Lord, have spoken. It is coming, and I will do it!  I will not refrain, I will not show pity, and I will not relent. I  will judge you according to your ways and deeds.  This is the declaration of the Lord  God.’ ”