Ezequiel 24:5

5 Toma luego la oveja más gorday amontona leña debajo de ella,para que hierva bien el aguay se cuezan bien los huesos.

Ezequiel 24:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 24:5

Take the choice of the flock
King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people: and burn also the bones under it:
or, "put a pile of bones under it" {u}; the bones of them that are slain in it; denoting the great slaughter of them; or the bones of the innocent that had been murdered in it; which were the cause of these judgments coming upon them; and caused the wrath of God to burn the more hotly against them; or the bones of the wicked: and make it boil well;
the pot; that the water may be very hot and boiling; denoting the severity of the judgments of God in the city, to the destruction of many by sword, famine, and pestilence: and let them seethe the bones of it therein;
that the strongest among them may be weakened and destroyed by the length and severity of the siege, and the judgments attending it. The Targum is,

``bring near the kings of the people, and even join auxiliaries with them; hasten the time of it yea, let her slain be cast in the midst of her.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (hytxt Mymueh rwd) "pyram ossium sub ipsa", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Starckius. (rwd) "rogus, strues materiae combustibililis rotunda", Stockius, p. 223.

Ezequiel 24:5 In-Context

3 Cuéntale una parábola a este pueblo rebelde, y adviértele que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente:»“Coloca la olla sobre el fuegoy échale agua.

4 Agrégale pedazos de carne,los mejores trozos de pierna y de lomo,y lo mejor de los huesos.

5 Toma luego la oveja más gorday amontona leña debajo de ella,para que hierva bien el aguay se cuezan bien los huesos.

6 »”Porque el SEÑOR omnipotente dice:»”¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria!¡Ay de esa olla herrumbrada,cuya herrumbre no se puede quitar!Saca uno a uno los trozos de carne,tal como vayan saliendo.

7 La ciudad está empapada en su sangre,pues ella la derramó sobre la roca desnuda;no la derramó por el suelo,para impedir que el polvo la cubriera.