1And the word of Yahweh came unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying: 2Son of man, Write thee the name of the day, this selfsame day,—the king of Babylon cast, himself against Jerusalem, on this selfsame day. 3Put thou forth, therefore, against the perverse house, a parable, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Set on the caldron, set it on, Moreover also, pour into it water: 4Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece, thigh and shoulder,—With the choice of the bones, fill it: 5Take, of the choice of the rock, Moreover also, a pile of bones [place] under it,—Boil the pieces thereof, Yea, let the bones of it seethe, in the midst thereof. 6Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and, whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot. 7For, her own blood, hath come to be, in her midst, Upon the smooth face of the cliff, hath she set it,—She hath not poured it out on the earth, that she might cover it with dust. 8To bring up indignation, to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff,—that it may not be covered. 9Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed,—Even I myself, will make large the pile. 10Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched. 11Then set it upon the live coals thereof, empty,—that the copper of it, may be scorched and burn, So that the impurity thereof, may be annihilated within it, The scum thereof, be consumed. 12With toils, hath she wearied herself,—Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum! 13In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; because I purified thee, and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee. 14I, Yahweh, have spoken, It cometh, and I will perform, I will not let alone, neither will I shield, Nor will I repent,—According to thy ways and according to thy doings, have they judged thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

15And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: 16Son of Man, Behold me! taking away from thee the delight of thine eyes, with a stroke,—But thou shall not lament, Neither shalt thou weep, Neither shall come—thy tears: 17To groan, forbear, Over the dead—no mourning, shalt thou make, Thy chaplet, bind thou on thee, And, thy sandals, put thou on thy feet, And thou shalt not cover thy beard, And, the bread of [other] men, shalt thou not eat. 18So I spake unto the people, in the morning, and my wife died, in the evening,—and I did, in the morning, as I had been commanded. 19Then said the people unto me: Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou shouldst be acting [thus]? 20So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh, hath come unto me, saying: 21Say to the house of Israel, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! profaning my sanctuary, The pride of your strength, The delight of your eyes, And the object of the tender regard of your soul,—And, your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind, by the sword, shall fall. 22Then shall ye do, as I have done,—The beard, shall ye not cover, And, the bread of [other] men, shall ye not eat; 23And, your chaplets, shall be on your heads, And, your sandals, on your feet, Ye shall neither lament, nor weep,—Yet shall ye pine away in your iniquities, and shall groan, one to another. 24So shall, Ezekiel, become, to you, a wonder, According to all that he hath done, shall ye do: When it cometh, then shall ye know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh. 25Thou, therefore, Son of man, Shall it not be—In the day when I take away from them, Their strength, The joy of their adorning,—The delight of their eyes, And the desire of their soul, Their sons and their daughters. 26That, in that day, one that hath escaped shall come in unto thee,—to cause thee to hear it with thine own ears? 27That, in that day, thy mouth shall be opened, unto him that hath escaped, And thou shalt speak, and not be dumb any longer? So shalt thou become to them a wonder, And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.