¹ In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word of the Lord came to me: ² “Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³ Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it. ⁴ Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones; ⁵ take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it. ⁶ “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now encrusted, whose deposit will not go away! Take the meat out piece by piece in whatever order it comes. ⁷ “‘For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it. ⁸ To stir up wrath and take revenge I put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.