Bible in Basic English
"I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell."
— Ezekiel 24:12, Bible in Basic English
“She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.”
“She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire. ”
“She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.”
“It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!”
“She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.”
For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
And I will put her on the coals so that she may be heated and her brass burned, so that what is unclean in her may become soft and her waste be completely taken away.
I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell.
As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.
I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,