Ezekiel 24:12 “It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, e…”

Ezekiel 24:12

It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

World English Bible

She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.

American Standard Version

She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.

Geneva Bible 1599

She hath wearied her selfe with lyes, and her great skomme went not out of her: therefore her skomme shall be consumed with fire.

Darby Translation

She hath exhausted [her] labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.

Young's Literal Translation

[With] sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire [is] her scum.

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.

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Cross references

“wearied”

Jeremiah 9:5 Jeremiah 2:13 Jeremiah 51:58 Habakkuk 2:13 Isaiah 47:13 Hosea 12:1

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 51:58 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

Habakkuk 2:13 · BSB

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Isaiah 47:13 · BSB

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Hosea 12:1 · BSB

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

“her great”

Jeremiah 5:3 Ezekiel 24:6 Ezekiel 24:13 Genesis 6:5–7 Genesis 8:21 Isaiah 1:5

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Ezekiel 24:6 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Ezekiel 24:13 · BSB

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

Genesis 6:5–7 · BSB

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21 · BSB

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all l…

Isaiah 1:5 · BSB

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

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