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Ezekiel 24:1 (show verse)
And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,
Ezekiel 24:2 (show verse)
Son of man, put down in writing this very day: The king of Babylon let loose the weight of his attack against Jerusalem on this very day.
Ezekiel 24:3 (show verse)
And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:
Boiling pot » Parable of
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Instruction » The boiling pot
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Parables » The boiling pot
Symbols and similitudes » Cooking
Symbols and similitudes » Boiling pot
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Instruction » The boiling pot
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Parables » The boiling pot
Symbols and similitudes » Cooking
Symbols and similitudes » Boiling pot
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
Ezekiel 24:4 (show verse)
And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones.
Ezekiel 24:5 (show verse)
Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.
Ezekiel 24:6 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood, the cooking-pot which is unclean inside, which has never been made clean! take out its bits; its fate is still to come on it.
Ezekiel 24:7 (show verse)
For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;
Ezekiel 24:8 (show verse)
In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.
Ezekiel 24:9 (show verse)
For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
Ezekiel 24:10 (show verse)
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:11 (show verse)
And I will put her on the coals so that she may be heated and her brass burned, so that what is unclean in her may become soft and her waste be completely taken away.
Ezekiel 24:12 (show verse)
I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell.
Ezekiel 24:13 (show verse)
As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.
Ezekiel 24:14 (show verse)
I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 24:15 (show verse)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 24:16 (show verse)
Son of man, see, I am taking away the desire of your eyes by disease: but let there be no sorrow or weeping or drops running from your eyes.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Afflictions » From God
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Instruction » Widowhood
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Trials » From God
Wife » Called » Desire of the eyes
Afflictions » From God
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Instruction » Widowhood
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Trials » From God
Wife » Called » Desire of the eyes
Ezekiel 24:17 (show verse)
Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Bread » Served round after funerals
Dress » Bonnets (rv, head-tires), worn by women
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Feet » Of the jews » Neglected in affliction
Instruction » Widowhood
Mourning » Covering » The upper lip
Shoe » Taken off at a time of mourning
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Tire » Headdress
Bread » Served round after funerals
Dress » Bonnets (rv, head-tires), worn by women
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Feet » Of the jews » Neglected in affliction
Instruction » Widowhood
Mourning » Covering » The upper lip
Shoe » Taken off at a time of mourning
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Tire » Headdress
Ezekiel 24:18 (show verse)
So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Of ministers and prophets
Afflictions » Of ministers and prophets
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Bread » Served round after funerals
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Instruction » Widowhood
Ministers » Support of » Afflictions of
Prophets » Frequently married men
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Trials » Of ministers and prophets
Afflictions » Of ministers and prophets
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Bread » Served round after funerals
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Instruction » Widowhood
Ministers » Support of » Afflictions of
Prophets » Frequently married men
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Symbols and similitudes » death
Trials » Of ministers and prophets
Ezekiel 24:19 (show verse)
And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?
Ezekiel 24:20 (show verse)
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 24:21 (show verse)
Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.
Ezekiel 24:22 (show verse)
And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
Ezekiel 24:23 (show verse)
And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.
Ezekiel 24:24 (show verse)
And Ezekiel will be a sign to you; everything he has done you will do: when this takes place, you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 24:25 (show verse)
And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.
Ezekiel 24:26 (show verse)
In that day, one who has got away safe will come to you to give you news of it.
Ezekiel 24:27 (show verse)
In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.