Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

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.

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 said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood, yea, I -- I make great the pile. 10 Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt. 11 And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:3

O My mountain in the field -- thy strength, All thy treasures -- for a prey I give, Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

Jeremiah 20:5

And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon.

Lamentations 1:10

His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen -- Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, 'They do not come into the assembly to thee.'

Lamentations 2:16

Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'

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