She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsShe hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
With sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire is her scum.
She hath exhausted [her] labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)