10. So pile on the wood. Light the fire. Cook the meat well. Mix in the spices. Let the bones be blackened.
11. Then set the empty pot on the coals. Let it get hot. Let its copper glow. Then what is not pure in it will melt. Its scum will be burned away.
12. But it can't be cleaned up. Its thick scum has not been removed. Even fire can't burn it off.
13. "Jerusalem, you are really impure. I tried to clean you up. But you would not let me make you pure. So you will not be clean again until my burning anger against you has calmed down.
14. "I have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back. I will not feel sorry for you. I will do what I said I would do. You will be judged for your conduct and actions. I am the Lord," announces the Lord and King.