Ezekiel 24:6

6 'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the 1bloody 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, Without making a choice.

Ezekiel 24:6 In-Context

4 Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.
5 "Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it."
6 'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the 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, Without making a choice.
7 "For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.
8 "That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered."

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 24:3, 4; Ezek 22:2, 3, 27; Micah 7:2; Nahum 3:1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "No lot has fallen on it"
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