Whereforethussaith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloodycity, to the pot whosescum is therein, and whosescum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fallupon it.
Then set it emptyupon the coalsthereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I havepurgedthee, and thouwast not purged, thoushalt not be purgedfrom thy filthiness any more, till I havecaused my fury to restuponthee.
I the LORDhavespoken it: it shallcome to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neitherwill I spare, neitherwill I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shalltheyjudgethee, saith the Lord GOD.
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thineheaduponthee, and put on thy shoesupon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Speakunto the house of Israel, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willprofane my sanctuary, the excellency of yourstrength, the desire of youreyes, and thatwhichyoursoulpitieth; and yoursons and yourdaughterswhom ye haveleftshallfall by the sword.
And yourtiresshall be uponyourheads, and yourshoesuponyourfeet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shallpineaway for youriniquities, and mourn one towardanother.
Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I takefromthemtheirstrength, the joy of theirglory, the desire of theireyes, and thatwhereuponthey set theirminds, theirsons and theirdaughters,
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thoushaltspeak, and be no moredumb: and thoushalt be a signuntothem; and theyshallknowthat I am the LORD.