Ezekiel 24:11 - Exposition

Then set it empty upon the coals , etc. The empty cauldron is, of course, the city bereaved of its inhabitants. The fire must go on till the rust is consumed. There is, however, in spite of the seemingly terrible hopelessness of the sentence, a gleam of hope, as there had been in Ezekiel 16:42 . When the punishment had done its full work, then Jehovah might cause his fury to rest ( Ezekiel 16:13 ). Till then he declares, through the prophet, there will be no mitigation of the punishment. The word has gone forth, and there will be no change of purpose.