Ezekiel 24
English Standard Version
The Siege of Jerusalem
24 (A)In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 (B)“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 And (C)utter a parable to (D)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
“Set on (E)the pot, set it on;
pour in water also;
4 put in it the pieces of meat,
all the good pieces, (F)the thigh and the shoulder;
fill it with choice bones.
5 Take the choicest one of the flock;
pile the logs[a] under it;
boil it well;
seethe also its bones in it.
6 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (G)Woe to the bloody city, to (H)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.[b] 7 For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on (I)the bare rock; (J)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. 8 To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. 9 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! (K)I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,[c] and let the bones be burned up. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, (L)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12 (M)She has wearied herself with toil;[d] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, (N)you shall not be cleansed anymore till (O)I have satisfied my fury upon you. 14 (P)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; (Q)I will not spare; (R)I will not relent; (S)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”
Ezekiel's Wife Dies
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 (T)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. (U)Bind on your turban, and (V)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, (W)nor eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and (X)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did (Y)as I was commanded.
19 And (Z)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” 20 Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: 21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (AA)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and (AB)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And (AC)you shall do as I have done; (AD)you shall not cover your lips, (AE)nor eat the bread of men. 23 (AF)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but (AG)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you (AH)a sign; (AI)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then (AJ)you will know that I am the Lord God.’
25 “As for you, (AK)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them (AL)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, 26 (AM)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. 27 On that day your mouth (AN)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. (AO)So you will be a sign to them, and (AP)they will know that I am the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 24:5 Compare verse 10; Hebrew the bones
- Ezekiel 24:6 Hebrew no lot has fallen upon it
- Ezekiel 24:10 Or empty out the broth
- Ezekiel 24:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Ezekiel 24
Common English Bible
The useless pot
24 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the Lord’s word came to me: 2 Human one, write down today’s date, because today the king of Babylon has set up camp at Jerusalem—today! 3 Compose a parable for the rebels’ household and say to them, The Lord God proclaims:
Put on the pot, set it on,
and fill it with water.
4 Add meat to it,
every good piece.
With shoulder and thigh,
the meatiest bones, fill it up.
5 Take the flock’s best animal;
arrange the wood[a] beneath it.
Bring it to a rolling boil,
and cook its bones in it.
6 The Lord God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city, you corroded pot; pot whose corrosion can’t be removed! Empty it piece by piece. She is rejected[b] 7 because her blood is still with her. She didn’t pour it out on the ground so that it could be covered with dirt, but she spread it out on a bare rock. 8 In order to arouse wrath, to guarantee vengeance, I will spread her blood on a bare rock, never to be covered.
9 So now the Lord God proclaims:
Horror! You bloody city!
I myself will add fuel to the fire!
10 Pile on the wood, light the fire, and cook the meat.
Season it well and let the bones be charred.
11 Let the pot stand empty on its coals
until it’s so hot that its copper glows,
its impurities melt in it,
and its corrosion is consumed.
12 It’s a worthless task.
Even by fire its great corrosion isn’t removed.
13 How your betrayals defile you! I cleansed you, but you didn’t come clean from your impurities. You won’t be clean again until I have exhausted my anger against you. 14 I, the Lord, have spoken! It’s coming, and I’ll do it. I won’t relent or have any pity or compassion. Your punishments will fit your ways and your deeds! This is what the Lord God says.
Ezekiel’s wife dies
15 The Lord’s word came to me: 16 Human one, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you in a single stroke. Don’t mourn or weep. Don’t even let your tears well up. 17 Sigh inwardly; be deathly still. Don’t perform mourning rites, but bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet. And don’t cover your upper lip or eat in human company.
18 I spoke with the people in the morning, and by evening my wife was dead. The next morning I did as I was commanded. 19 The people asked, “Won’t you tell us what your actions mean for us?”
20 So I said to them, The Lord’s word came to me: 21 Say to the house of Israel, the Lord God proclaims: I’m about to make my sanctuary impure, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes. Your heart’s desire, the sons and daughters you left behind, will fall by the sword. 22 You will do as I have done. You will neither cover your upper lip nor eat in human company. 23 Your turbans will be on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You won’t mourn or weep. You will waste away in your guilt, all of you groaning to each other. 24 Ezekiel is your sign. You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord God.
25 And you, human one: On the day that I take from them their proud stronghold—their crowning joy, the delight of their eyes—and their sons and daughters, whose fate weighs on them, 26 on that day, a refugee will come to you so that you yourself will hear the news. 27 On that day your mouth will be opened to the refugee, and you will speak and no longer be silent. You will be their sign, and they will know that I am the Lord.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 24:5 Or bones
- Ezekiel 24:6 Or the lot did not fall to her
Ezequiel 24
La Biblia de las Américas
La olla hirviente
24 Y vino a mí la palabra del Señor en el año noveno, el mes décimo, a los diez días del mes, diciendo: 2 Hijo de hombre, escribe la fecha del día, del día de hoy. Este mismo día el rey de Babilonia ha avanzado contra Jerusalén(A). 3 Relata una parábola(B) a la casa rebelde y diles: «Así dice el Señor Dios[a](C):
“Pon la olla, ponla,
y echa también en ella agua(D);
4 pon en ella los[b] trozos,
todo trozo bueno, pierna y espalda;
llénala de huesos escogidos(E).
5 Toma lo mejor del rebaño(F),
y apila también la leña[c] debajo de ella;
hazla hervir a borbotones,
cuece también sus huesos en ella”.
6 »Porque así dice el Señor Dios:
“¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria(G),
de la olla que tiene herrumbre,
cuya herrumbre no se le va!
Trozo por trozo sácala,
sin echar suertes sobre ella.
7 Porque su sangre está en medio de ella(H),
la puso sobre la roca[d] desnuda;
no la derramó sobre la tierra
para que el polvo la cubriera.
8 Para hacer subir el furor,
para tomar venganza,
he puesto yo su sangre sobre la roca[e] desnuda,
para que no sea cubierta(I)”.
9 Por tanto, así dice el Señor Dios:
“¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria(J)!
Yo también haré grande el montón de leña.
10 Aumenta la leña, enciende el fuego,
hierve[f] bien la carne,
mézclale las especias,
y que se quemen los huesos.
11 Luego pon la olla[g] vacía sobre las[h] brasas(K),
para que se caliente,
se ponga al rojo[i] su bronce,
se funda en ella su inmundicia,
y sea consumida su herrumbre(L).
12 De trabajos me ha fatigado,
y no se le ha ido su mucha herrumbre(M).
¡Consúmase en el fuego su herrumbre!
13 En tu inmundicia hay lujuria.
Por cuanto yo quise limpiarte
pero no te dejaste limpiar(N),
no volverás a ser purificada de tu inmundicia(O),
hasta que yo haya saciado[j] mi furor sobre ti.
14 Yo, el Señor, he hablado. Esto viene y yo actuaré(P); no me volveré atrás, no me apiadaré y no me arrepentiré(Q). Según tus caminos y según tus obras te juzgaré[k]” —declara el Señor Dios(R)».
Muerte de la mujer de Ezequiel
15 Y vino a mí la palabra del Señor, diciendo: 16 Hijo de hombre, he aquí, voy a quitarte de golpe el encanto de tus ojos(S); pero no te lamentarás(T), ni llorarás(U), ni correrán tus lágrimas(V). 17 Gime en silencio, no hagas duelo por los muertos(W); átate el turbante, ponte el calzado en los pies y no te cubras los bigotes ni comas pan de duelo[l](X). 18 Y hablé al pueblo por la mañana, y por la tarde murió mi mujer; y a la mañana siguiente hice como me fue mandado. 19 Y el pueblo me dijo: ¿No nos declararás lo que significan para nosotros estas cosas que estás haciendo? 20 Entonces les respondí: La palabra del Señor vino a mí, diciendo: 21 «Habla a la casa de Israel: “Así dice el Señor Dios: ‘He aquí, voy a profanar mi santuario, orgullo de vuestra fuerza, encanto de vuestros ojos(Y) y deleite de vuestra alma; y vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas a quienes habéis dejado detrás, caerán a espada(Z). 22 +’Haréis como yo he hecho; no cubriréis vuestros bigotes ni comeréis pan de duelo[m]. 23 +’Vuestros turbantes estarán sobre vuestras cabezas y vuestro calzado en vuestros pies. No os lamentaréis ni lloraréis(AA), sino que os pudriréis en vuestras iniquidades y gemiréis unos con otros[n](AB). 24 +’Os servirá, pues, Ezequiel de señal; según todo lo que él ha hecho, haréis vosotros; cuando esto suceda, sabréis que yo soy el Señor Dios(AC)’”.
25 »Y tú, hijo de hombre, ¿no será que el día en que les quite su fortaleza, el gozo de su gloria[o], el encanto de sus ojos, el anhelo[p] de su alma, y a sus hijos y a sus hijas(AD), 26 en ese día el que escape vendrá a ti con noticias(AE) para tus oídos? 27 En ese día se abrirá tu boca para el que escapó, y hablarás y dejarás de estar mudo(AF). Y servirás para ellos de señal, y sabrán que yo soy el Señor».
Footnotes
- Ezequiel 24:3 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor, y así en el resto del cap.
- Ezequiel 24:4 Lit., junta sus
- Ezequiel 24:5 En el T.M., los huesos
- Ezequiel 24:7 O, peñasco
- Ezequiel 24:8 O, peñasco
- Ezequiel 24:10 Lit., termina
- Ezequiel 24:11 Lit., ponla
- Ezequiel 24:11 Lit., sus
- Ezequiel 24:11 Lit., se queme
- Ezequiel 24:13 Lit., haya hecho descansar
- Ezequiel 24:14 Así en algunos mss. y versiones antiguas; en el T.M., juzgarán
- Ezequiel 24:17 Lit., de hombres
- Ezequiel 24:22 Lit., de hombres
- Ezequiel 24:23 Lit., cada uno a su hermano
- Ezequiel 24:25 O, hermosura
- Ezequiel 24:25 Lit., la exaltación
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