Ezekiel 24:4
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New International Version (©2011)
Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces--the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;

New Living Translation (©2007)
Fill it with choice pieces of meat--the rump and the shoulder and all the most tender cuts.

English Standard Version (©2001)
put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece-- thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Gather together the best pieces of meat on it— including the thighs and the shoulders— and fill it with the choicest bones.

NET Bible (©2006)
add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Cut the meat into pieces, all the best pieces, the thigh and shoulder. Fill the pot with the meatiest bones

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

American King James Version
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

American Standard Version
gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.

Darby Bible Translation
Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:

English Revised Version
gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Webster's Bible Translation
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

World English Bible
gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Young's Literal Translation
To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:1-14 The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgressions, as the scum, which rises by the heat of the fire, is taken from the top of the pot. But they grew worse, and their miseries increased. Jerusalem was to be levelled with the ground. The time appointed for the punishment of wicked men may seem to come slowly, but it will come surely. It is sad to think how many there are, on whom ordinances and providences are all lost.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gather the pieces thereof into it,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meaning the people of the land, that were to be gathered from the several parts of it, for their security, as they thought; but the event proved it was for their ruin: even

every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; the princes and gentry, the great and the mighty, the rich and wealthy of the people; who, upon the invasion, got together in Jerusalem, to secure their persons and substance:

fill it with the choice bones; or with those pieces that have the choice bones, that are full of marrow; the strongest among the people; the soldiers, or such as were fit for war; the best of their militia, brought hither to defend the city; but, in fact, to be slain, as they were. The Targum is,

"gather the princes thereof into the midst of her, every terrible man and warrior; fill her with the army of the people.''

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. pieces thereof—those which properly belong to it, as its own.

every good piece … choice bones—that is, the most distinguished of the people. The "choice bones" in the pot have flesh adhering to them. The bones under the pot (Eze 24:5) are those having no flesh and used as fuel, answering to the poorest who suffer first, and are put out of pain sooner than the rich who endure what answers to the slower process of boiling.

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The Parable of the Cooking Pot
…3And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 5Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. …

Micah 3:2 you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:3 who eat my people's flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?"