Ezekiel 24:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its filthiness may be melted in it, its rust consumed. ¹² In vain I have wearied myself;^[a] its thick rust does not go out of it by fire. ¹³ Its rust is your filthy lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your filthiness, you shall not be cleansed any more till I have satisfied my fury upon you.