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1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem. 3 Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water. 4 Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones. 5 Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’ 6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents. 7 For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. 8 In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’ Ezekiel 24:1-8, Berean Standard Bible. Public domain.
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