Set on a pot] That is, set a pot on the fire. See such a similitude, Jeremiah 3:13. Ezekiel 11:3. The pot is Jerusalem: the flesh, and the fat pieces are the chief, the richest, and the noblest that are in her: the fire are Gods judgements, by which he would have humbled, and mollified his peoples hearts, to bring them to repentance; but that having taken no effect, by reason of their obstinate rebellion, he would convert those judgements into a totall consumption.