Ezekiel 24:5 take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

English Standard Version
Take the choicest one of the flock; pile the logs under it; boil it well; seethe also its bones in it.

New American Standard Bible
"Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it."

King James Bible
Take 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it."

International Standard Version
Take the best bones from the flock, pile wood under the pot for the bones, bring it to a boil, and then cook the bones in it."'"

American Standard Version
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron ; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.

Darby Bible Translation
take the choice of the flock; and also put a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.

Young's Literal Translation
The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:24
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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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

5. burn … bones—rather, "pile the bones." Literally, "Let there be a round pile of the bones."

therein—literally, "in the midst of it."