[a](A)Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
“Take the (B)choicest of the flock,
And also pile [b]wood under [c]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“Woe to the (C)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,
[d]Without making a choice.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:4 Lit Gather her pieces
  2. Ezekiel 24:5 Lit bones
  3. Ezekiel 24:5 Lit it
  4. Ezekiel 24:6 Lit No lot has fallen on it