Ezekiel 11:7
New King James Version
7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)“Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; (B)but I shall bring you out of the midst of it.
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Micah 3:2-3
New King James Version
2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also (A)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(B)Like flesh in the caldron.”
Footnotes
- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Ezekiel 24:3-13
New King James Version
3 (A)And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(B)“Put on a pot, set it on,
And also pour water into it.
4 Gather pieces of meat in it,
Every good piece,
The thigh and the shoulder.
Fill it with choice [a]cuts;
5 Take the choice of the flock.
Also pile fuel bones under it,
Make it boil well,
And let the cuts simmer in it.”
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Woe to (C)the bloody city,
To the pot whose scum is in it,
And whose scum is not gone from it!
Bring it out piece by piece,
On which no (D)lot has fallen.
7 For her blood is in her midst;
She set it on top of a rock;
(E)She did not pour it on the ground,
To cover it with dust.
8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
(F)I have set her blood on top of a rock,
That it may not be covered.”
9 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:
(G)“Woe to the bloody city!
I too will make the pyre great.
10 Heap on the wood,
Kindle the fire;
Cook the meat well,
Mix in the spices,
And let the [b]cuts be burned up.
11 “Then set the pot empty on the coals,
That it may become hot and its bronze may burn,
That (H)its filthiness may be melted in it,
That its scum may be consumed.
12 She has [c]grown weary with [d]lies,
And her great scum has not gone from her.
Let her scum be in the fire!
13 In your (I)filthiness is lewdness.
Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed,
You will (J)not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
(K)Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 24:4 Lit. bones
- Ezekiel 24:10 Lit. bones
- Ezekiel 24:12 Or wearied Me
- Ezekiel 24:12 Or toil
Jeremiah 52:24-27
New King James Version
The People Taken Captive to Babylonia
24 (A)The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, (B)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25 He also took out of the city an [a]officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
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- Jeremiah 52:25 Lit. eunuch
2 Kings 25:18-22
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18 (A)And the captain of the guard took (B)Seraiah the chief priest, (C)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19 He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, (D)five men of [a]the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (E)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah(F)
22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of (G)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over (H)the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left.
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- 2 Kings 25:19 Lit. those seeing the king’s face
Ezekiel 3:9-11
New King James Version
9 (A)Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; (B)do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
10 Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, (C)‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”
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