Ezekiel 24:3-13

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“Put on the ^(C)pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

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^(b)^(D)Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.

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“Take the ^(E)choicest of the flock,
And also pile ^(c)wood under ^(d)the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

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“Woe to the ^(F)bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
^(e)Without making a choice.

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“For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not ^(G)pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.

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“That it may ^(H)cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”

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9} ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“^(I)Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.

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“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
^(f)Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

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“Then ^(J)set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may ^(g)glow
And its ^(K)filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.

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“She has ^(L)wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!

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“In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are ^(M)not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have ^(h)^(N)spent My wrath on you.

Footnotes:

a. Ezekiel 24:3: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Ezekiel 24:4: ['Lit ', Gather her pieces]

c. Ezekiel 24:5: ['Lit ', bones]

d. Ezekiel 24:5: ['Lit ', it]

e. Ezekiel 24:6: ['Lit ', No lot has fallen on it]

f. Ezekiel 24:10: ['Lit ', Complete]

g. Ezekiel 24:11: ['Lit ', become hot]

h. Ezekiel 24:13: ['Lit ', caused to rest]

Cross references:

A. Ezekiel 24:3: Psalm 78:2; Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 20:49

B. Ezekiel 24:3: Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 30:9; Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:8

C. Ezekiel 24:3: Jeremiah 1:13; Jeremiah 1:14; Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 11:7; Ezekiel 11:11; Ezekiel 24:6

D. Ezekiel 24:4: Micah 3:2; Micah 3:3

E. Ezekiel 24:5: Jeremiah 39:6; Jeremiah 52:10; Jeremiah 52:24-27

F. Ezekiel 24:6: Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 22:3; Ezekiel 22:27; Micah 7:2; Nahum 3:1

G. Ezekiel 24:7: Leviticus 17:13; Deuteronomy 12:16

H. Ezekiel 24:8: Isaiah 26:21

I. Ezekiel 24:9: Ezekiel 24:6; Habakkuk 2:12

J. Ezekiel 24:11: Jeremiah 21:10; Malachi 4:1

K. Ezekiel 24:11: Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 23:27

L. Ezekiel 24:12: Jeremiah 9:5

M. Ezekiel 24:13: Jeremiah 6:28-30; Ezekiel 22:24

N. Ezekiel 24:13: Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 8:18