Ezekiel 24:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Heap up the logs, kindle the fire;
    boil the meat well, mix in the spices,
    let the bones be burned.
¹¹ Stand it empty upon the coals,
    so that it may become hot, its copper glow,
    its filth melt in it, its rust be consumed.
¹² In vain I have wearied myself;^[a]
    its thick rust does not depart.
    To the fire with its rust!^[b]