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1 The Lord spoke his word to me in the ninth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month. He said:
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In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Human, write down today's date, this very date. The king of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem this very day.
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“Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
3 And tell a story to the people who refuse to obey me. Say to them: 'This is what the Lord God says: Put on the pot; put it on and pour water in it.
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Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.
4 Put in the pieces of meat, the best pieces -- the legs and the shoulders. Fill it with the best bones.
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Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;
5 Take the best of the flock, and pile wood under the pot. Boil the pieces of meat until even the bones are cooked.
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take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.
6 "'This is what the Lord God says: How terrible it will be for the city of murderers! How terrible it will be for the rusty pot whose rust will not come off! Take the meat out of it, piece by piece. Don't choose any special piece.
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“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now encrusted, whose deposit will not go away! Take the meat out piece by piece in whatever order it comes.
7 "'The blood from her killings is still in the city. She poured the blood on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground where dust would cover it.
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“ ‘For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it.
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