Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the flesh well
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

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!
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.

Amplified


“Heap on wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the meat well [done]
And mix in the spices,
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

on wood
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

דּלק 
Dalaq 
Usage: 9

the fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

תּמם 
Tamam 
Usage: 63

the flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and spice
רקח 
Raqach 
Usage: 8

it well
מרקחה 
merqachah 
Usage: 2

and let the bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

References

Easton

Context Readings

The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife

9 Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Woe to the bloody city! I will also make a great fire, 10 “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
11 setting afterward the empty pot upon the coals thereof that it may become red hot and may burn and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.


Cross References

Jeremiah 17:3

My mountain dweller! In the field are thy riches; all thy treasures I will give to the spoil, because of the sin of thy high places throughout all thy borders.

Jeremiah 20:5

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city and all its labours and all its precious things and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who shall spoil them and take them and carry them to Babylon.

Lamentations 1:10

Jod The enemy has spread out his hand upon all her precious things, and she saw the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Lamentations 2:16

Pe All thine enemies opened their mouths regarding thee; they whistled and gnashed their teeth; they said, Swallow her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.

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