And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:
Ver. 3. Set on a pot.] Deus cum propheta loquitur tanquam cum coquo: anything to make them sensible of their danger, and the destruction of their city now fully determined. This pot is Jerusalem, and a lively representation of hell, saith A Lapide; a the pouring of water into it, a long siege; the flesh, the citizens; the fat, the rich ones, lauti et lascivi; the bones, the stoutest and best warriors, &c. These scurrilous Jews had jeered at Jeremiah's caldron or pot; Jer 1:13 Eze 11:3 now they are cast into the pot, and their jeer driven back down their very throats.
a Repraesentat Tartarum, et ollam Vulcaniam inferni.