Ezekiel 24:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ Pile up the wood
    and light the fire.
Finish cooking the meat.
    Mix in the spices,
    and let the bones burn.
¹¹ Then set the empty pot on the coals
    so it may become hot and its copper sides glow.
The dirty scum stuck inside it may then melt
    and its rust burn away.
¹² But efforts to clean the pot have failed.
    Its heavy rust cannot be removed,
    even in the fire.