Ezekiel 24:1-14

The Boiling Pot and the Death of Ezekiel’s Wife

1 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, {saying},
2 "Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, {this very day}. The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day!
3 And {deliver a proverb} to {the rebellious house}, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place [it] and also pour water into it.
4 Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it [with] choice bones;
5 take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; {boil it vigorously}; indeed, its bones boiled in the midst of it." '"
6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe [to] the city of bloodguilt! A pot that [has] its rust in it; {its rust did not go out from it}. Bring it out {piece by piece}; {one is as good as another}.
7 For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock}; she [did] not pour it on the ground to cover it [with] dust.
8 To stir up rage, to avenge myself [through] vengeance, I placed its blood on [the] barrenness of a rock, {so that it may not be covered}."
9 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe [to] the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great!
10 Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish [cooking] the meat, and mix [in] the spices, and let the bones be burned.
11 And {make it stand} empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it, [so that] its uncleanness and its rust be consumed.
12 [Through] effort she has caused weariness; {its thick rust} went not [out of] it. Its rust! Into [the] fire [with] its rust!
13 In your uncleanness [is] obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until {I fully vent my rage} on you.
14 I, Yahweh, I have spoken. [It is] coming, and I did [it]; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Footnotes 22

  • [a]. Literally "was"
  • [b]. Literally "to say"
  • [c]. Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"
  • [d]. Literally "exactly the day the this"
  • [e]. Literally "quote a proverb"; "proverb a proverb"
  • [f]. Literally "the house of rebellion"
  • [g]. Or possibly "logs"; the difference is one letter in Hebrew
  • [h]. Literally "boil its boiling"
  • [i]. Or "also"
  • [j]. Literally "rust her not went forth from her"
  • [k]. Literally "according to its pieces"
  • [l]. Literally "no lot has fallen on it"
  • [m]. Literally "on barrenness of [a] rock she put it"
  • [n]. Or "earth" or "dirt"
  • [o]. Literally "so [as] not to be covered"
  • [p]. Or "charred"
  • [q]. Literally "cause it to stand"
  • [r]. Literally "her"
  • [s]. Literally "the abundance of its rust"
  • [t]. Literally "until causing rest I to my rage"
  • [u]. Or "I will judge"
  • [v]. Literally "declaration of"
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