Scum – Better, rust .

Bring it out piece by piece – This refers to the city; bring out the inhabitants one by one, and clear t…

These verses contain the application of the parable in two distinct parts (Ezekiel 24:6–14), but in such a way that the literal and the…

Wherefore thus says the Lord God, woe to the bloody city
Here the parable begins to be explained; and shows that by …

The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: people of all ranks and stations were within the walls, prepared as prey for t…