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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/translate/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. AT: "to melt the uncleanness within it and to consume its corrosion" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/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/translate/figs-metaphor)
corrosion
rust
consumed
burned away
She has become weary
Here the word "she" refers to the cooking pot. This is the cooking pot that is metaphorical for Jerusalem. AT: "Jerusalem has become tired" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
toil
difficult labor
but her corrosion has not gone out of her by the fire
The phrase "has not gone out of her" is an idiom. AT: "but the fire did not burn away her corrosion" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)