“Therefore,
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘Woe to the bloody city!
Woe to the pot
Where rust is
In it!
This rust
Has not gone out
Of it!
Empty it
Piece by piece!
Do not make
Any choice!’”
Now Yahweh, via Ezekiel, called Jerusalem a bloody city. He compared it to a rusted pot. The rust was in this pot, Jerusalem, but it has not gone out of it. They would have to empty it piece by piece to get rid of this rust. They had no choice but to get rid of everything and everyone in the pot.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 