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Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, write down the name of the day, this very day--the king of Babylon started his siege against Jerusalem this very day.
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And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Put on a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
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Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece, The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice cuts;
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Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the cuts simmer in it."
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'Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Woe to the bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
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For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.