Ezekiel 24
KJV Easy Read Bible

Symbol of the Cooking Pot

1Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

3And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:   Adonaip.f. Jehovahs.f.

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.   boil

6Why thus says the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.   murderous, sinful; rust; destruction to include entire city

7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

9Therefore thus says the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.   cook; meat

11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.   burned away

12She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

13In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.   immoral conduct

14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord God.   grieve

The Prophet’s Wife Dies

15Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.   delight

17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.   sigh or groan quietly; turban

18So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

19And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

20Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

21Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the excellency of yourp strength, the desire of yourp eyes, and that which yourp soul pities; and yourp sons and yourp daughters whom youp have left shall fall by the sword.   holy place; delights

22And youp shall do as I have done: youp shall not cover yourp lips, nor eat the bread of men.

23And yourp tires shall be upon yourp heads, and yourp shoes upon yourp feet: youp shall not mourn nor weep; but youp shall pine away for yourp iniquities, and mourn one toward another.   turbans; go into intense depression or melancholy

24Thus Ezekiel is to youp a sign: according to all that he has done shall youp do: and when this comes, youp shall know that I am the Lord God.

25Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

26That he that escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

27In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.   mute





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