Ezequiel 24:12

12 ¡Aunque esa olla está tan oxidadaque ya ni con fuego se purifica!^[a]

Ezequiel 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies
With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which deceived her; or by committing sin, in which there was no satisfaction; or it may be understood of wearying of God with their sins, and particularly with her lying promises of repentance and reformation: and her great scum went not forth out of her;
notwithstanding her promises; or notwithstanding the admonitions given, and the chastisements inflicted on her, yet she continued hardened in her sins, impenitent and unreformed: her scum shall be in the fire;
like a pot that boils over, its scum falls into the fire, and is consumed there; and in no other way, but by the fire of divine judgments, or the burning of the city, could the wickedness thereof be consumed. The Targum is,

``and they shall not go out of her that work iniquity; in the fire shall she be burnt, because of the multitude of her sins.''

Ezequiel 24:12 In-Context

10 ¡Vamos, apilen la leña y enciendan el fuego!¡Cocinen la carne y preparen las especias,y que se quemen bien los huesos!

11 ¡Pongan la olla vacía sobre las brasas,hasta que el bronce esté al rojo vivo!¡Que se fundan en ella sus impurezas,y se consuma su herrumbre!

12 ¡Aunque esa olla está tan oxidadaque ya ni con fuego se purifica!

13 »”Jerusalén, yo he querido purificarte de tu infame lujuria, pero no has dejado que te purifique. Por eso, no quedarás limpia hasta que se apacigüe mi ira contra ti.

14 Yo, el SEÑOR, lo he dicho, y lo cumpliré. Yo mismo actuaré, y no me voy a retractar. No tendré compasión ni me arrepentiré. Te juzgaré conforme a tu conducta y a tus acciones. Lo afirma el SEÑOR omnipotente”».

Footnotes

• [a]. "Aunque " "… " "purifica" . Texto de difícil traducción.