Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The pot wearies me, but its thick rust won't come off, even with fire.
New American Standard Bible
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
its thick rust will not come off.
Into the fire with its rust!
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.
Darby Translation
She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.
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.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:12
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Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
11 Make the pot stand empty on the coals until its bronze glows red, its rust can be scoured off, and its dross completely removed. 12 The pot wearies me, but its thick rust won't come off, even with fire. 13 There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.'
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:5
People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.
Genesis 6:5-7
The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.
Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, "I will never again curse the land because of human beings even though human inclinations remain evil from youth nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I've done.
Isaiah 1:5
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
Isaiah 47:13
according to your multiple schemes. Let them stand up now those who conjure the heavens and gaze at the stars, predicting at the new moons and save you from what is about to happen to them.
Isaiah 57:9-10
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!
Jeremiah 2:13
"Indeed, my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."
Jeremiah 5:3
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
Everyone is stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false. There is no life in them.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
"As for the message that you reported to us in the name of the LORD, we won't listen to you!
Jeremiah 51:58
This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "The broad wall of Babylon will be completely leveled, and its high gate set on fire. and so the nations toil for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."
Ezekiel 24:6
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "How terrible it is for that blood-filled city, to the pot whose rust remains in it, whose rust won't come off. Empty it one piece at a time. Don't let a lot fall on it.
Ezekiel 24:13
There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.'
Daniel 9:13-14
As it's written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has befallen us, but we still haven't sought the LORD our God by turning from our lawlessness to pay attention to your truth.
Hosea 12:1
"Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt.
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it not because of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that people grow tired putting out fires, and nations weary themselves over nothing?
Habakkuk 2:18-19
"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image a teacher that lies because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.