# General Information:

Yahweh continues telling a parable to Ezekiel about a cooking pot that represents Jerusalem. This parable continues through Ezekiel 24:14. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parables]])

# scorch

to burn the surface of something

# so its uncleanness within it will be melted, its corrosion consumed

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "to melt the uncleanness within it and to consume its corrosion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# uncleanness

A person whom God considers spiritually unacceptable or defiled is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# corrosion

rust

# consumed

burned away