Ezekiel 24:3

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Summary

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Utter

Luke 8:10

The rebellious

Set

Ezekiel 24:6

Ezekiel 11:3

Jeremiah 50:13

Bible References

Utter

Son of man, tell this riddle. Give this illustration to the nation of Israel.

Say: 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

Then I said: Oh no! Lord Jehovah, no! The people already say that I am only telling stories (a figure of speech or a parable).

I will open my mouth in an illustration. I will utter dark sayings of old,

In that day they will taunt you and speak mournfully with sorrow and much grief: 'We are utterly ruined! He exchanged the portion of my people and removed it from me. He divided our fields and gave them to the apostate.'

They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they left him and went away.

He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.

The rebellious

He said: Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.

I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.

Son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear because they are rebellious people.

Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! Jehovah (YHWH) has spoken: I raised my children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me.

Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.

But they rebelled and grieved (offended and hurt) his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

Set

Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'Woe to the bloody city, To the cooking pot in which there is rust and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making a choice.

They say: 'It is almost time to rebuild houses. This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'

No one will live in Babylon because of Jehovah's anger. It will be completely abandoned. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.