8 To stir up rage, to avenge myself
through vengeance, I placed its blood on
the barrenness of a rock,
⌊so that it may not be covered
⌋."
*
9 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe
to the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great!
10 Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish
cooking the meat, and mix
in the spices, and let the bones be burned.
*
11 And
⌊make it stand
⌋* empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it,
* so that its uncleanness and its rust be consumed.
12 Through effort she has caused weariness;
⌊its thick rust
⌋* went not
out of it. Its rust! Into
the fire
with its rust!
13 In your uncleanness
is obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until
⌊I fully vent my rage
⌋* on you.
14 I, Yahweh, I have spoken.
It is coming, and I did
it; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!"
* ⌊declares
⌋* the Lord Yahweh.