Ezekiel 24:3-14
1599 Geneva Bible
3 Therefore speak a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Prepare a [a]pot, prepare it, and also pour water into it.
4 Gather the [b]pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, as the thigh and the shoulder, and fill it with the chief bones.
5 Take one of the best sheep, and [c]burn also the [d]bones under it, and make it boil well, and seethe the bones of it therein,
6 Because the Lord God saith thus, Woe to the bloody city, even to the pot, [e]whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it: bring it out [f]piece by piece: let no [g]lot fall upon it.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her: she set it upon an high [h]rock, and poured it not upon the ground to cover it with dust,
8 That it might cause wrath to arise, and take vengeance: even I have set her blood upon an high rock that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, (A)Woe to the bloody city, for I will make [i]the burning great.
10 Heap on much wood: [j]kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that [k]the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, and that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 [l]She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not out of her: therefore her scum shall be consumed with fire.
13 Thou remainest in thy filthiness and wickedness: because I would [m]have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness, till I have caused my wrath to light upon thee.
14 I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent: according to thy ways, and according to thy works shall [n]they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 24:3 Whereby was meant Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 24:4 That is the citizens, and the chief men thereof.
- Ezekiel 24:5 Or, heap.
- Ezekiel 24:5 Meaning, of the innocents, whom they had slain, who were the cause of the kindling of God’s wrath against them.
- Ezekiel 24:6 Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.
- Ezekiel 24:6 Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once, but by little and little.
- Ezekiel 24:6 Spare none estate or condition.
- Ezekiel 24:7 The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed thereof, neither yet hid it.
- Ezekiel 24:9 Or, an heap of wood.
- Ezekiel 24:10 Meaning, that the city should be utterly destroyed, and that he would give the enemies an appetite thereunto.
- Ezekiel 24:11 Or, bottom.
- Ezekiel 24:12 The city hath flattered herself in vain.
- Ezekiel 24:13 I labored by sending my Prophets to call thee to repentance, but thou wouldest not.
- Ezekiel 24:14 That is, the Babylonians.
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