Ezekiel 24:12
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Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.

wearied

Isaiah 47:13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.

Isaiah 57:9,10 And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell. . . .

Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 9:5 And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.

Jeremiah 10:14,15 Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them. . . .

Jeremiah 51:58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the labours of the people shall come to nothing, and of the nations shall go to the fire, and shall perish.

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13,18,19 Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint. . . .

her great

Ezekiel 24:6,13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it. . . .

Genesis 6:5-7 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, . . .

Genesis 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Isaiah 1:5 For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.

Jeremiah 5:3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 44:16,17 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: . . .

Daniel 9:13,14 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth. . . .

her scum

Context
The Parable of the Cooking Pot
11Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed. 12Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.13Thy uncleanness is execrable: because I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:5
And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.

Ezekiel 24:13
Thy uncleanness is execrable: because I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.

Lexicon
It has frustrated
הֶלְאָ֑ת (hel·’āṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3811: To tire, to be, disgusted

every effort;
תְּאֻנִ֖ים (tə·’u·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8383: Naughtiness, toil

its thick
רַבַּ֣ת (rab·baṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

rust
חֶלְאָתָ֔הּ (ḥel·’ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2457: Disease, rust

has not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been removed,
תֵצֵ֤א (ṯê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

even by the fire.
בְּאֵ֖שׁ (bə·’êš)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire


Additional Translations
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall 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.

and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.

She hath exhausted [her] labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust 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.

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.

With sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire is her scum.
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