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Ezekiel 24:12

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תְּאֻנִ֖יםte.'u.Nimtoil<s>H8383 →
הֶלְאָ֑תhel.'Atit has made wearyH3811 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תֵצֵ֤אte.Tze'it comes outH3318 →
מִמֶּ֙נָּה֙mi.Me.nahfrom itH4480 →
רַבַּ֣תra.Bat[the] great [amount] ofH7227 →
חֶלְאָתָ֔הּchel.'a.Tahrust itsH2457 →
בְּאֵ֖שׁbe.'Eshin a fireH784 →
חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃chel.'a.Tahrust itsH2457 →

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Jeremiah 5:3O 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.Jeremiah 9:5Each 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“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 51:58This 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 2:13Is 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?Daniel 9:13–14Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.Isaiah 47:13You 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.Habakkuk 2:18–19What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Ezekiel 24:6Therefore 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.Genesis 6:5–7Then 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.Ezekiel 24:13Because 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.Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.Genesis 8:21When 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 living creatures as I have done.Jeremiah 44:16–17“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!Isaiah 57:9–10You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.Jeremiah 10:14–15Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Isaiah 57:10You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases 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.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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