Thomson(i)
1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, a word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Son of man write down for thyself for a day, from this day on which the king of Babylon hath determinately set himself against Jerusalem; even from this very day;
3 and speak a parable against that provoking family, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, Set on the cauldron and pour water into it;
4 and throw into it the pieces of meat, every choice piece, the flesh of the thigh and the shoulder separated from the bones,
5 and these of the choicest cattle; and burn the bones under them. It hath boiled and the bones have been sodden in it.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Ah! bloody city! a kettle, in which there is verdigrease in its very substance, and that verdigrease is not gone out of it. She hath brought it out on every member of her: no lot fell upon her.
7 Because her blood is in the midst of her; I have ordered it to be poured out on a smooth stone: I have not poured it on the ground for the earth to cover it.
8 That wrath may be kindled and vengeance executed, I have ordered the blood to be poured out on a smooth stone, that it may not be concealed.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will enlarge the pile,
10 and heap on wood and cause the fire to burn, that the flesh may be consumed and the broth evaporated:
11 and it shall stand on the coals that the brass may be heated red hot and melted in the midst of its impurity and its verdigrease quite destroyed;
12 so that this its abundant verdigrease may not proceed from it.
13 Its verdigrease shall be exposed to shame. Because thou wast polluted what else could be done, since thou wouldst not be cleansed till I filled up my wrath?
14 I the Lord have spoken. He shall come: and I will act. I will not defer; nor will I shew compassion. According to thy ways and according to thy lusts I will judge thee, saith the Lord, therefore I will judge thee according to thy blood guiltiness; and I will judge thee according to thine inordinate lusts, corrupt, infamous and very provoking city.