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1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the LORD's word came to me:
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1 In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word of the LORD came to me:
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2 Human one, write down today's date, because today the king of Babylon has set up camp at Jerusalem—today!
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2 "Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
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3 Compose a parable for the rebels' household and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: Put on the pot, set it on, and fill it with water.
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3 Tell this rebellious house a parable and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.
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4 Add meat to it, every good piece. With shoulder and thigh, the meatiest bones, fill it up.
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4 Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces--the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;
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5 Take the flock's best animal; arrange the wood beneath it. Bring it to a rolling boil, and cook its bones in it.
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5 take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.
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6 The LORD God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city, you corroded pot; pot whose corrosion can't be removed! Empty it piece by piece. She is rejected
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6 " 'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now encrusted, whose deposit will not go away! Empty it piece by piece without casting lots for them.
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7 because her blood is still with her. She didn't pour it out on the ground so that it could be covered with dirt, but she spread it out on a bare rock.
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7 " 'For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it.
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8 In order to arouse wrath, to guarantee vengeance, I will spread her blood on a bare rock, never to be covered.
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8 To stir up wrath and take revenge I put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.
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9 So now the LORD God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city! I myself will add fuel to the fire!
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9 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the wood high.
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10 Pile on the wood, light the fire, and cook the meat. Season it well and let the bones be charred.
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10 So heap on the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well, mixing in the spices; and let the bones be charred.
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11 Let the pot stand empty on its coals until it's so hot that its copper glows, its impurities melt in it, and its corrosion is consumed.
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11 Then set the empty pot on the coals till it becomes hot and its copper glows so its impurities may be melted and its deposit burned away.
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12 It's a worthless task. Even by fire its great corrosion isn't removed.
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12 It has frustrated all efforts; its heavy deposit has not been removed, not even by fire.
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13 How your betrayals defile you! I cleansed you, but you didn't come clean from your impurities. You won't be clean again until I have exhausted my anger against you.
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13 " 'Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
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14 I, the LORD, have spoken! It's coming, and I'll do it. I won't relent or have any pity or compassion. Your punishments will fit your ways and your deeds! This is what the LORD God says.
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14 " 'I the LORD have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
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