Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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.

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.

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 Set the empty pot on its coals
so that it becomes hot and its copper glows.
Then its impurity will melt inside it;
its rust will be consumed.
12 It has frustrated every effort;
its thick rust will not come off.
Into the fire with its rust!
13 Because of the indecency of your uncleanness—
since I tried to purify you,
but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—
you will not be pure again
until I have satisfied My wrath on you.


Cross References

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Genesis 6:5-7

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

Isaiah 47:13

You are worn out with your many consultations.
So let them stand and save you—
the astrologers, who observe the stars,
who predict monthly
what will happen to you.

Isaiah 57:9-10

You went to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.

Jeremiah 2:13

For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,
and her high gates consumed by fire.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;
the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.

Ezekiel 24:6

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot that has rust inside it,
and whose rust will not come off!
Empty it piece by piece;
lots should not be cast for its contents.

Ezekiel 24:13

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness—
since I tried to purify you,
but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—
you will not be pure again
until I have satisfied My wrath on you.

Daniel 9:13-14

Just as it is written in the law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not appeased the Lord our God by turning from our iniquities and paying attention to Your truth.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

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