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January 588 B.C. Ezekiel 24.1ff. “Symbol of the Cooking Pot.”
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
24 He
showeth the destruction of Jerusalem by a parable of a seething pot. 16 The
parable of Ezekiel’s wife being dead.
1 Again
in the [a]ninth
year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the [b]month,
came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
2 Son of
man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: for
the King of Babel set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
3 Therefore
speak a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord God, Prepare a [c]pot,
prepare it, and also pour water into it.
4 Gather
the [d]pieces
thereof into it, even every good piece, as the thigh and the
shoulder, and fill it with the chief bones.
5 Take
one of the best sheep, and [e]burn
also the [f]bones
under it, and make it boil well, and seethe the bones of it therein,
6 Because
the Lord God saith thus, Woe to the bloody city, even to the pot, [g]whose
scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it: bring it out [h]piece
by piece: let no [i]lot
fall upon it.
7 For
her blood is in the midst of her: she set it upon an high [j]rock, and
poured it not upon the ground to cover it with dust,
8 That
it might cause wrath to arise, and take vengeance: even I have set her
blood upon an high rock that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore
thus saith the Lord God, Woe to the bloody city, for I will make [k]the
burning great.
10 Heap
on much wood: [l]kindle
the fire, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
11 Then
set it empty upon the coals thereof, that [m]the
brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be
molten in it, and that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 [n]She
hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not out of her: therefore
her scum shall be consumed with fire.
13 Thou
remainest in thy filthiness and wickedness:
because I would [o]have
purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy
filthiness, till I have caused my wrath to light upon thee.
14 I 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 thy ways, and
according to thy works shall [p]they
judge thee, saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ Also
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
16 Son of
man, behold, I take away from thee the [q]pleasure
of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn nor weep, neither
shall thy tears run down.
17 Cease
from sighing: make no mourning for the dead, and bind the tire of thine
head upon thee, [r]and
put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat [s]not
the bread of men.
18 So I
spake unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died: and I did in [t]the
morning, as I was commanded.
19 And
the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things mean toward us
that thou doest so?
20 Then I
answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
21 Speak
unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I will [u]pollute
my Sanctuary, even the [v]pride
of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heart’s desire, and your
sons, and your daughters whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword.
22 And ye
shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, neither shall ye eat the
bread of men.
23 And
your tire shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye
shall not mourn nor weep, but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn
one toward another.
24 Thus
Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, ye shall do:
and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 Also,
thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their power,
the joy of their honor, the pleasure of their eyes, and the [w]desire
of their heart, their sons and their daughters,
26 That
he that escapeth in that day, shall come unto thee to tell thee that
which he hath heard with his ears?
27 In that
day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak,
and be no more dumb, and thou shalt be a sign unto them, and they shall know
that I am the Lord.
Footnotes:
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Ezekiel
24:1
Called Tebeth, which containeth part of December and part of January: in the
which month and day Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel
24:4
That is the citizens, and the chief men thereof.
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Ezekiel
24:5
Meaning, of the innocents, whom they had slain, who were the cause of the
kindling of God’s wrath against them.
Ezekiel
24:6
Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.
Ezekiel
24:6
Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once, but by little and
little.
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Ezekiel
24:7
The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed thereof,
neither yet hid it.
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Ezekiel
24:10
Meaning, that the city should be utterly destroyed, and that he would give the
enemies an appetite thereunto.
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Ezekiel
24:13
I labored by sending my Prophets to call thee to repentance, but thou wouldest
not.
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Ezekiel
24:17
For in mourning they went bareheaded and barefooted, and also covered their
lips.
Ezekiel
24:17
That is, which the neighbors sent to them that mourned.
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