Ezekiel 24:12

The Parable of the Cooking Pot

11Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed. 12It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire. 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.

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Berean Standard Bible
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
American Standard Version (1901)
She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.
Bible in Basic English
I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
Free Bible Version
So far it's been impossible to clean it —even fire couldn't burn out all its rust.
King James (Authorized) Version
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
Translation for Translators
It is as though I tried to get rid of that rust, but I was not able to do it, not even by putting that pot in a fire.
Unlocked Literal Bible
She has become weary because of toil, but her corrosion has not gone out of her by the fire.
Noah Webster Bible
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
World English Bible
She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.
Young's Literal Translation
[With] sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire [is] her scum.