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

这锅劳碌疲乏，所长的大锈仍未除掉；这锈就是用火也不能除掉。

然而这一切劳碌无效，它厚厚的锈，即使用火也除不掉。

然而这一切劳碌无效，它厚厚的锈，即使用火也除不掉。

却徒劳无功，因为锈垢太厚，就是用火也不能清除。

这锅真叫人疲累！它厚厚的锈总没法除掉，就是用火也不能除掉。

這鍋勞碌疲乏，所長的大銹仍未除掉；這銹就是用火也不能除掉。

然而這一切勞碌無效，它厚厚的銹，即使用火也除不掉。

然而這一切勞碌無效，它厚厚的銹，即使用火也除不掉。

卻徒勞無功，因為鏽垢太厚，就是用火也不能清除。

這鍋真叫人疲累！它厚厚的鏽總沒法除掉，就是用火也不能除掉。

嗐，它使我勞累辛苦！它厚厚的垢渣仍然沒有除去；它的垢渣用火也不能燒除。

斯邑勞力致疲、其銹仍未滌除、必炙以火、

欲淨斯鼎、力瘁心勞、鼎銹斑駁、去之不易、故炙以火、

淨此釜之銹、劬勞疲乏、原文作此釜劬勞自倦銹仍未除、銹跡必除以火、

It has frustrated all efforts; its heavy deposit has not been removed, not even by fire.

But it can’t be cleaned up. Its thick scum has not been removed. Even fire can’t burn it off.

She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!

But it’s hopeless; the corruption can’t be cleaned out. So throw it into the fire.

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

She has grown weary with lies, And her great scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in the fire!

She 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 will not come off. Into the fire with its rust!

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

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

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

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Just as it is written in the law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and paying attention to your truth.So the LORD kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.

For my people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves— cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

LORD, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.

Is it not from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

This is what the LORD of Armies says: Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished, and her high gates set ablaze. The peoples will have labored for nothing; the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.

Because of the depravity of your uncleanness— since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness— you will not be pure again until I have satisfied my wrath on you.

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick.

You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down even to Sheol.You became weary on your many journeys, but you did not say,“ It’s hopeless!” You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

You are worn out with your many consultations. So let the astrologers stand and save you— those who observe the stars, those who predict monthly what will happen to you.

When the LORD saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved.Then the LORD said,“ I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky— for I regret that I made them.”

Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.

“ As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you!Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster,

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself,“ I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up! or to mute stone: Come alive! Can it teach? Look! It may be plated with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.

“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents.

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.