Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!

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.

Holman Bible

It has frustrated every effort;
its thick rust will not come off.
Into the fire with its rust!

International Standard Version

The pot wearies me, but its thick rust won't come off, even with fire.

A Conservative Version

She has wearied [herself] with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire.

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.

Amplified


“She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not left her;
Her thick rust and filth will not be burned away by fire [no matter how hot the flame].

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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

She was wearied with labors, and her great rust shall not go forth from her: in the fire her rust

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Through] effort she has caused weariness; {its thick rust} went not [out of] it. Its rust! Into [the] fire [with] its rust!

Modern King James verseion

She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum did not go out from her. Her scum shall be in the fire.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But it will not go off, there is so much of it: the rustiness must be burnt out.

NET Bible

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

With toils, hath she wearied herself, - Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum!

Webster

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 has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לאה 
La'ah 
Usage: 19

herself with lies
תּאן 
T@'un 
Usage: 1

and her great
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

חלאה 
Chel'ah 
Usage: 5

went not forth
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

חלאה 
Chel'ah 
Usage: 5

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife

11 “Then set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.
12 “She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
13 “In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have spent My wrath on you.


Cross References

Jeremiah 9:5

“Everyone deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves committing iniquity.

Genesis 6:5-7

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Isaiah 1:5

Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.

Isaiah 47:13

“You are wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Isaiah 57:9-10

“You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

“As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

Ezekiel 24:6

‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
Without making a choice.

Ezekiel 24:13

“In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have spent My wrath on you.

Daniel 9:13-14

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

Habakkuk 2:18-19

“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

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