She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
The verse pictures Jerusalem as a cooking pot whose scum is its moral corruption and uncleanness. That foul residue had not gone out of her despite the city's wearying exertions and despite God's cleansing work. She had exhausted herself in deceptions and in efforts at purification, yet the impurity remained within.
The scum left to the fire means that punishment would fall upon the city because it refused the word of the Lord. That judgment would be measured according to its deeds. It would come without pity and without reprieve.
The verse pictures Jerusalem as a cooking pot whose scum is its moral corruption and uncleanness. That foul residue had not gone out of her despite the city's wearying exertions and despite God's cleansing work. She had exhausted herself in deceptions and in efforts at purification, yet the impurity remained within.
The scum left to the fire means that punishment would fall upon the city because it refused the word of the Lord. That judgment would be measured according to its deeds. It would come without pity and without reprieve.