Ezekiel 24:4 Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces--the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;

◄ Ezekiel 24:4 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces--the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;

English Standard Version
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
Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.

King James Bible
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
Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece-- thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.

International Standard Version
Gather together the best pieces of meat on it— including the thighs and the shoulders— and fill it with the choicest 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:

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

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

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.