A reading from the book of Ezekiel.

In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me.

Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem

this very day, and utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them,

Thus says the Lord God. Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also, put in it the pieces of meat,

all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder, fill it with choice bones, take the choices

one of the flock, pile the logs under it, boil it well, se choice as one of the flock. Pile the logs under it. Boil it well.

Seat also its bones in it. Therefore, thus says the Lord God, woe to the bloody city, to the pot

whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it. Take out of it piece after

peace, without making any choice. For the blood she has shed is in her midst. She put it on the

bare rock. She did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. To rouse my wrath, to take

vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed that it may not be covered. Therefore,

thus says the Lord God, woe to the bloody city, I also will make the pile great, heap on the logs,

kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.

Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its

uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. She has wearied herself with toil.

Its abundant corrosion does not go out of it, into the fire with its corrosion.

On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you,

and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed any more

till I have satisfied my fury upon you.

I am the Lord. I have spoken. It shall come to pass. I will do it. I will not go back.

I will not spare. I will not relent. According to your ways and your deeds, you will be judged,

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