Parallel Verses
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].
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!
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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
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“Then set the empty pot (Jerusalem) back on the coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its filthiness may be melted
And its rust (scum) may be consumed.
“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].
“In your filthiness are lewdness and outrage.
Therefore I would have cleansed you,
Yet you were not [willing to be] cleansed,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have satisfied My wrath against you.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:5
“Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor
And does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Genesis 6:5-7
The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.
Isaiah 47:13
“You
Just let the astrologers,
The stargazers,
Those who predict by the new moons [each month]
Stand up and save you from the things that will come upon you [Babylon].
Isaiah 57:9-10
“You have gone to
And increased your
You have sent your messengers a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol (the realm of the dead).
Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];
Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;
For his molten images are frauds and lies,
And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
“As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
Jeremiah 51:58
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
And her high gates will be set on fire;
The peoples will labor in vain,
And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].”
Ezekiel 24:6
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe (judgment is coming) to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece by piece,
Without making any choice.
Ezekiel 24:13
“In your filthiness are lewdness and outrage.
Therefore I would have cleansed you,
Yet you were not [willing to be] cleansed,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have satisfied My wrath against you.
Daniel 9:13-14
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this tragedy has come on us. Yet we have not wholeheartedly begged for forgiveness and sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our wickedness and paying attention to and placing value in Your truth.
Hosea 12:1
And [continually] pursues the [parching] east wind [which brings destruction];
Every day he multiplies lies and violence.
Further, he makes a covenant with Assyria
And (olive) oil is carried to Egypt [to seek alliances].
Habakkuk 2:13
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?
Habakkuk 2:18-19
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.