6. These words mean that Jerusalem is doomed! The city is filled with murderers and is like an old, rusty pot. The meat is taken out piece by piece, and no one cares what happens to it.
7. The people of Jerusalem murdered innocent people in the city and didn't even try to cover up the blood that flowed out on the hard ground.
8. But I have seen that blood, and it cries out for me to take revenge.
9. I, the Lord God, will punish that city of violence! I will make a huge pile of firewood,