en_tn_condensed/ezk/24/06.md

General Information:

Yahweh continues telling a parable to Ezekiel about a cooking pot that represents Jerusalem, so rusted that it cannot be cleaned from its rust. The people of Jerusalem cannot be cleaned from their sin. They have been completely rotted. This parable continues through Ezekiel 24:14.

the city of blood

"the city of murderers"

a cooking pot

Yahweh continues to compare Jerusalem to a cooking pot. Alternate translation: "it is like a cooking pot"

rust

the red material that forms on metal. Rust eats away at metal and eventually destroys it

Take piece after piece

Yahweh does not give this command to a specific person. This is a general command given to an unspecified person.

but do not cast lots for it

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.