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

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!

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

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.

They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.

Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.Therefore, the Lord has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The Lord our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.

“ For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground, and her massive gates will be burned. The builders from many lands have worked in vain, for their work will be destroyed by fire!”

Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied.

Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.

You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead.You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength, and you did not grow weary.

All the advice you receive has made you tired. Where are all your astrologers, those stargazers who make predictions each month? Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.

The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.And the Lord said,“ I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing— all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”

The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

“ We will not listen to your messages from the Lord!We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like— just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself,“ I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.

“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘ Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘ Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.

“ Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! She is a cooking pot whose corruption can’t be cleaned out. Take the meat out in random order, for no piece is better than another.

The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They pile up lies and violence; they are making an alliance with Assyria while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.