Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.

New American Standard Bible

“She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!

King James Version

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Holman Bible

It has frustrated every effort;
its thick rust will not come off.
Into the fire with its rust!

International Standard Version

The pot wearies me, but its thick rust won't come off, even with fire.

A Conservative Version

She has wearied [herself] with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire.

American Standard Version

She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.

Amplified


“She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not left her;
Her thick rust and filth will not be burned away by fire [no matter how hot the flame].

Bible in Basic English

I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell.

Julia Smith Translation

She was wearied with labors, and her great rust shall not go forth from her: in the fire her rust

King James 2000

She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Through] effort she has caused weariness; {its thick rust} went not [out of] it. Its rust! Into [the] fire [with] its rust!

Modern King James verseion

She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum did not go out from her. Her scum shall be in the fire.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But it will not go off, there is so much of it: the rustiness must be burnt out.

NET Bible

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

New Heart English Bible

She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't go forth by fire.

The Emphasized Bible

With toils, hath she wearied herself, - Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum!

Webster

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

World English Bible

She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.

Youngs Literal Translation

With sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire is her scum.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לאה 
La'ah 
Usage: 19

herself with lies
תּאן 
T@'un 
Usage: 1

and her great
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

חלאה 
Chel'ah 
Usage: 5

went not forth
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

חלאה 
Chel'ah 
Usage: 5

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife

11 Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, and that its rust may be consumed. 12 She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire. 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.


Cross References

Jeremiah 9:5

And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.

Genesis 6:5-7

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.

Isaiah 1:5

Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 47:13

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavens, the observers of the stars, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee.

Isaiah 57:9-10

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.

Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.

Jeremiah 5:3

Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.

Ezekiel 24:6

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it:

Ezekiel 24:13

In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.

Daniel 9:13-14

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

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