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Parable of the Boiling Pot
And the word of the Loʀᴅ came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon 1has Alaid siege to Jerusalem this very day.  “Speak a Aparable to the Brebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord 1Goᴅ,
Put on the Cpot, put it on and also pour water in it;
1APut in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
Take the Achoicest of the flock,
And also pile 1wood under 2the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”
Therefore, thus says the Lord Goᴅ,
Woe to the Abloody 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,
1Without making a choice.
“For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not Apour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
“That it may Acause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”
Therefore, thus says the Lord Goᴅ,
AWoe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.
10 Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
1Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
11 “Then Aset it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may 1glow
And its Bfilthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.
12 “She has Awearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
13 “In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are Anot clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have 1Bspent My wrath on you.
14  “I, the Loʀᴅ, have spoken; it is Acoming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not Bpity and I will not be sorry; Caccording to your ways and according to your deeds 1I will judge you,” declares the Lord Goᴅ.’ ”
Death of Ezekiel’s Wife Is a Sign
15 And the word of the Loʀᴅ came to me saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the Adesire of your eyes with a Bblow; but you shall not Cmourn and you shall not weep, and your Dtears shall not come. 17  “Groan silently; make Ano mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and Bdo not eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. 19 The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” 20 Then I said to them, “The word of the Loʀᴅ came to me saying, 21 Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord Goᴅ, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the Adesire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your Bsons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. 22  ‘You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men. 23  ‘Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You Awill not mourn and you will not weep, but Byou will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan 1to one another. 24  ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a Asign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Goᴅ.’ ”
25 ‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their Astronghold, the joy of their 1pride, the desire of their eyes and 2their heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters, 26 that on that day he who Aescapes will come to you with information for your ears? 27  ‘On that day your Amouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Loʀᴅ.’ ”
1 24:2 Lit leaned on A 24:2 2 Kin 25:1; Jer 39:1; 52:4 A 24:3 Ps 78:2; Ezek 17:2; 20:49 B 24:3 Is 1:2; 30:1, 9; Ezek 2:3, 6, 8 1 24:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ, and so throughout the ch C 24:3 Jer 1:13, 14; Ezek 11:3, 7, 11; 24:6 1 24:4 Lit Gather her pieces A 24:4 Mic 3:2, 3 A 24:5 Jer 39:6; 52:10, 24-27 1 24:5 Lit bones 2 24:5 Lit it A 24:6 2 Kin 24:3, 4; Ezek 22:2, 3, 27; Mic 7:2; Nah 3:1 1 24:6 Lit No lot has fallen on it A 24:7 Lev 17:13; Deut 12:16 A 24:8 Is 26:21 A 24:9 Ezek 24:6; Hab 2:12 1 24:10 Lit Complete A 24:11 Jer 21:10; Mal 4:1 1 24:11 Lit become hot B 24:11 Ezek 22:15; 23:27 A 24:12 Jer 9:5 A 24:13 Jer 6:28-30; Ezek 22:24 1 24:13 Lit caused to rest B 24:13 Ezek 5:13; 8:18 A 24:14 Ps 33:9; Is 55:11 B 24:14 Jer 13:14; Ezek 9:10 C 24:14 Is 3:11; Ezek 18:30; 36:19 1 24:14 So with several ancient mss and versions; M.T. they A 24:16 Song 7:10; Ezek 24:18 B 24:16 Job 23:2 C 24:16 Jer 16:5; 22:10 D 24:16 Jer 13:17 A 24:17 Lev 21:10-12 B 24:17 Jer 16:7; Hos 9:4 A 24:21 Ps 27:4; 84:1; Ezek 24:16 B 24:21 Jer 6:11; 16:3, 4; Ezek 23:25, 47 A 24:23 Job 27:15; Ps 78:64 B 24:23 Lev 26:39; Ezek 33:10 1 24:23 Lit a man to his brother A 24:24 Ezek 4:3; Luke 11:29, 30 A 24:25 Ps 48:2; 50:2; Ezek 24:21 1 24:25 Or beauty 2 24:25 Lit the lifting up of their soul A 24:26 1 Sam 4:12; Job 1:15-19 A 24:27 Ezek 3:26; 33:22