Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Heap on wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the meat well [done]
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
New American Standard Bible
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
King James Version
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Holman Bible
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!
International Standard Version
Pile up the wood! Make the fire burn hot. Boil the meat! Mix the seasonings. Burn those bones to a crisp!
A Conservative Version
Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned.
American Standard Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Bible in Basic English
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
Darby Translation
Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Julia Smith Translation
Multiply the woods, kindle the fire, make ready the flesh, and spice with spicing, and the bones shall be burned.
King James 2000
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish [cooking] the meat, and mix [in] the spices, and let the bones be burned.
Modern King James verseion
And heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the spice, and let the bones be burned.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Bear thou the bones together, kindle thou the fire, seeth the flesh, let all be well sodden, that the bones may be sucked out.
NET Bible
Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.
New Heart English Bible
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
The Emphasized Bible
Heap on the wood Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched.
Webster
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
World English Bible
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Youngs Literal Translation
Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Interlinear
Rabah
Tamam
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
9
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the bloody city!
I will also make the pile [of wood] high.
“Heap on wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the meat well [done]
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
“Then set the empty pot (Jerusalem) back on the coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its filthiness may be melted
And its rust (scum) may be consumed.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:3
O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the countryside,
I will give [to the Babylonians, as the cost of your sin] your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
And throughout your territory, your high places of sin.
Jeremiah 20:5
Moreover, I will hand over all the riches of this city, all the result of its labor, all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, and take them away and carry them to Babylon.
Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has spread out his hand
Over all her precious and desirable things;
For she has seen the [Gentile] nations enter her sanctuary (the Jerusalem temple)—
That they should not enter into Your congregation [not even in the outer courts].
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”