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Therefore, thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city,
    the pot whose rust is in it,
    the rust that cannot be removed.
Empty it piece by piece,
    and do not bother casting lots.
For the blood she shed is in her midst;
    she has poured it on a bare rock.
She did not pour it on the ground
    where the soil would cover it.[a]
To stir up anger and take revenge,
    I placed her blood on the bare rock
    so that it would not be covered.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:7 Blood was regarded as the seat of life; therefore the prohibition against eating flesh with blood still in it, since this would have been like making one’s own the life, of which, the divinity alone could dispose (Gen 9:4; Lev 17:10-12; Deut 12:16, 23-25). For the same reason, blood spilled was not to be left uncovered, since it might contain some inauspicious power (Gen 4:10; Job 16:18).

“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(E)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

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