Parallel Verses

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.

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 Then set it empty on its coals so that it may be hot and its copper may glow and its filthiness may be melted in it. Let its rust be consumed. 12 “She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, yet you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again until I have spent my anger on you.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.

Genesis 6:5-7

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.

Isaiah 47:13

You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you! Let those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you.

Isaiah 57:9-10

You went to the king with ointment and much perfume. You sent your messengers far off, and descended even to the grave.

Jeremiah 2:13

My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)

Jeremiah 5:3

Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, and its high gates will be set on fire. People exhaust themselves for nothing. The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.

Ezekiel 24:6

Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'Woe to the bloody city, To the cooking pot in which there is rust and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making a choice.

Ezekiel 24:13

In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, yet you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again until I have spent my anger on you.

Daniel 9:13-14

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly requested the favor of Jehovah our God. We should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.

Hosea 12:1

The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very dishonest, violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?

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