Ezekiel 24:12 - Revised Standard Version In vain I have wearied myself; its thick rust does not go out of it by fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She has wearied herself and Me with toil; yet her great rust and scum go not forth out of her, for however hotly the fire burns, her thick rust and filth will not go out of her by fire. American Standard Version (1901) She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire. Common English Bible It’s a worthless task. Even by fire its great corrosion isn’t removed. Catholic Public Domain Version There has been much sweat and labor, and yet its extensive rust has not gone out of it, not even by fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire. |
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who at the new moons predict what shall befall you.
I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd harlotries, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?”
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for naught, and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.
Every one deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.
Its rust is your filthy lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your filthiness, you shall not be cleansed any more till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?