5 Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the cuts simmer in it.”
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to athe bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out piece by piece, On which no blot has fallen.
7 For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; aShe did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.
8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, aI have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered.”
9 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: a“Woe to the bloody city! I too will make the pyre great.
10 Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the1 cuts be burned up.
11 “Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it may become hot and its bronze may burn, Thataits filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may be consumed.
For her blood is in the midst of her - She gloried in her idol sacrifices; she offered them upon a rock, where the blood should remain evident; and she poured none upon the ground to cover it with dust, in horror of that moral evil that required the blood of an innocent creature to be shed, in order to the atonement of the offender' s guilt. To "cover the blood of the victim," was a command of the law, Leviticus 17:13; Deuteronomy 12:24.
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