Ezekiel 24:1–5

The Siege of Jerusalem

24 lIn the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 m“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 And nutter a parable to othe rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

“Set on pthe pot, set it on;

pour in water also;

4  put in it the pieces of meat,

all the good pieces, qthe thigh and the shoulder;

fill it with choice bones.

5  Take the choicest one of the flock;

pile the logs1 under it;

boil it well;

seethe also its bones in it.