Catholic Public Domain Version
"Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre. "
— Ezekiel 24:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.”
“Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. ”
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.”
““‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.”
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.”
“For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.”
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.”
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, to the cooking pot that has rust in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Cast it out piece by piece! No lot has fallen upon it.
For her blood is in her midst; she has shed it upon the smoothest rock. She has not shed it upon the ground, so that it could be covered with dust.
So shall I bring my indignation over her, and take my vengeance. I have presented her blood upon the smoothest rock, so that it would not be covered.
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre.
Pile together the bones, which I will burn with fire. The flesh shall be consumed, and the entire composition shall be boiled, and the bones shall deteriorate.
Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.
There has been much sweat and labor, and yet its extensive rust has not gone out of it, not even by fire.