Ezekiel 24:12

12 Elle lasse tous mes efforts, et la rouille dont elle est remplie ne s'en va point; au feu donc la rouille!

Ezekiel 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.''

Ezekiel 24:12 In-Context

10 Entasse du bois, allume le feu, cuis la chair entièrement, fais fondre la graisse et que les os se consument.

11 Puis place la chaudière vide sur les charbons ardents, afin qu'elle s'échauffe, que son airain devienne brûlant, que sa souillure se fonde au-dedans, et que sa rouille soit consumée.

12 Elle lasse tous mes efforts, et la rouille dont elle est remplie ne s'en va point; au feu donc la rouille!

13 Ta souillure est criminelle, puisque j'ai voulu te purifier et que tu n'es point devenue pure; tu ne seras plus nettoyée de ta souillure jusqu'à ce que j'aie assouvi contre toi ma fureur.

14 Moi, l'Éternel, j'ai parlé; cela arrivera, et je le ferai; je ne reculerai point, et je n'aurai ni pitié, ni repentir. On te jugera selon ta conduite et selon tes actions, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel!