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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues telling a parable to Ezekiel about a cooking pot that represents Jerusalem. This parable continues through [Ezekiel 24:14](../24/14.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parables]])
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# the city of blood
Here "blood" is a reference to "murder." Alternate translation: "the city of murderers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a cooking pot
Yahweh continues to compare Jerusalem to a cooking pot. Alternate translation: "it is like a cooking pot" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# rust
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the red material that forms on metal. Rust eats away at metal and eventually destroys it
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# Take piece after piece
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Yahweh does not give this command to a specific person. This is a general command given to an unspecified person within this metaphor.
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# but do not cast lots for it
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Casting lots was a way of choosing which pieces of meat to take out, but because Yahweh wants to take out all of the pieces of meat, there is no need to cast lots.