Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

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.

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 this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high. 10 Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred. 11 Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.


Cross References

Jeremiah 17:3

and on the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

Jeremiah 20:5

I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.

Lamentations 1:10

(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple -- those whom you had commanded: "They must not enter your assembly place."

Lamentations 2:16

(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!"

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