Ezequiel 24:12

12 'De trabajos me ha fatigado, y no se le ha ido su mucha herrumbre. ¡Consúmase en el fuego su herrumbre!

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 'Aumenta la leña, enciende el fuego, hierve bien la carne, mézclale las especias, y que se quemen los huesos.

11 'Luego pon la olla vacía sobre las brasas, para que se caliente, se ponga al rojo su bronce, se funda en ella su inmundicia, y sea consumida su herrumbre.

12 'De trabajos me ha fatigado, y no se le ha ido su mucha herrumbre. ¡Consúmase en el fuego su herrumbre!

13 'En tu inmundicia hay lujuria. Por cuanto yo quise limpiarte pero no te dejaste limpiar, no volverás a ser purificada de tu inmundicia, hasta que yo haya saciado mi furor sobre ti.

14 'Yo, el SEÑOR, he hablado. Esto viene y yo actuaré; no me volveré atrás, no me apiadaré y no me arrepentiré. Según tus caminos y según tus obras te juzgaré'declara el Señor DIOS."