King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.
Complete Jewish Bible:
But the effort is in vain: its layers of scum will not leave it; so into the fire with its scum!
Berean Standard Bible:
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
American Standard Version:
She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
She hath wearied{H3811} herself with lies{H8383}, and her great{H7227} scum{H2457} went not forth{H3318} out of her: her scum{H2457} shall be in the fire{H784}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 9:5
- And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:3
- O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 2:13
- For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Habakkuk 2:13
- Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Daniel 9:13
- As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Daniel 9:14
- Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Jeremiah 51:58
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
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Commentary for Ezekiel 24:12
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3811
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לָאָה
Transliteration: lâʼâh
Pronunciation: law-aw'
Description: a primitive root; to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted; faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves). - Strong's Number: H8383
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תְּאֻן
Transliteration: tᵉʼun
Pronunciation: teh-oon'
Description: from אָוֶן; naughtiness, i.e. toil; lie. - Strong's Number: H7227
There are 439 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רַב
Transliteration: rab
Pronunciation: rab
Description: by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent). - Strong's Number: H2457
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֶלְאָה
Transliteration: chelʼâh
Pronunciation: khel-aw'
Description: from חָלָא; properly, disease; hence, rust; scum. - Strong's Number: H3318
There are 992 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָצָא
Transliteration: yâtsâʼ
Pronunciation: yaw-tsaw'
Description: a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter. - Strong's Number: H784
There are 549 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֵשׁ
Transliteration: ʼêsh
Pronunciation: aysh
Description: a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.