Ezekiel 24

Verses (27)

Ezek. 24:1	Then the word of Jehovah came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, saying,
Ezek. 24:2	Son of man, write down the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
Ezek. 24:3	And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Put on a pot--put [it] on; / And also pour water into it;
Ezek. 24:4	Gather into it its pieces, / Every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; / Fill [it] with choice bones.
Ezek. 24:5	Take the choice of the flock, / And also [put] a pile of wood under it; / Bring it to a vigorous boil; / Indeed let its bones be boiled in it.
Ezek. 24:6	Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Woe to the bloody city, to the pot in which there is rust and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take [its pieces] out of it piece by piece; no lot has fallen upon it.
Ezek. 24:7	For her blood was within her; she put it on a bare rock; she did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.
Ezek. 24:8	In order to stir up wrath, to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon a bare rock, so that it might not be covered.
Ezek. 24:9	Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Woe to the bloody city! I will also make the pile great.
Ezek. 24:10	Heap on the wood, light the fire, boil the meat well, and mix in spices, and let the bones be burned.
Ezek. 24:11	Then stand it empty upon its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may glow, so that its filthiness may be burned away in it [and] its rust may be consumed.
Ezek. 24:12	She has wearied [herself ] with toil, yet her great rust has not gone out of her. [Let] her rust [be] in the fire.
Ezek. 24:13	Because of your lewd filthiness--because I tried to cleanse you, but you did not get clean, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness anymore, until I have caused My wrath toward you to rest.
Ezek. 24:14	I, Jehovah, have spoken. [The time] is coming, and I will do [it;] I will not refrain, nor will I spare, nor will I repent. According to your ways and according to your doings I will judge you, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek. 24:15	Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Ezek. 24:16	Son of man, I am about to take away the delight of your eyes from you with a blow. Yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears come.
Ezek. 24:17	Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban upon you, and put your sandals upon your feet, and do not cover [your] lips, and do not eat the bread of men.
Ezek. 24:18	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.
Ezek. 24:19	And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things you are doing [signify] to us?
Ezek. 24:20	So I said to them, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Ezek. 24:21	Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, and that which your soul longs after; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Ezek. 24:22	And you will do as I have done; you shall not cover [your] lips, nor shall you eat the bread of men.
Ezek. 24:23	And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your sandals, upon your feet; you shall not mourn nor weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan one to another.
Ezek. 24:24	Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you. You shall do just as all he has done. And when it comes, you will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek. 24:25	As for you, son of man, surely on the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and what they have set their heart on, their sons and their daughters,
Ezek. 24:26	On that day one who has escaped will come to you to report [it] in your ears.
Ezek. 24:27	On that day your mouth will be opened to the one who has escaped, and you shall speak and no longer be dumb. So you shall become a sign to them, and they will know that I am Jehovah.