Ezekiel 24

Again in the ninth year, ^ain the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon ^aset himself against Jerusalem this same day. ³And ^aautter a parable unto ^bthe rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; ^cSet on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: ⁴gather ^dthe pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and ^ethe shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. ⁵Take 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.

⁶Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to ^fthe bloody city, to the pot whose ^gscum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; ^hlet no lot fall upon it. ⁷For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon ⁱthe top of a rock; she ^kpoured it not upon the ground, ^klto cover it with dust; ⁸that it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon ⁱthe top of a rock, that it should not be covered. ⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord God; ^fWoe to the bloody city! I will even make ^mthe pile for fire great. ¹⁰Heap on wood, ⁿkindle the fire, consume the flesh, and ^ospice it well, and let the bones be burnt. ¹¹Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that ^pthe brass of it may be hot, and ^qmay burn, and that ^rthe filthiness of it may be molten in it, that ^gthe scum of it may be consumed. ¹²She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: ^gher scum shall be in the fire. ¹³In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not ^sbe purged from thy filthiness ^tany more, till ^uI have caused my fury to rest upon thee. ^14vI the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and ^vI will do it; I will not go back, ^wneither will I spare, ^xneither will I repent; ^yaccording to thy ways, and ^yaccording to thy doings, ^zshall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

¹⁵Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ¹⁶Son of man, behold, I take away from thee ^athe desire of thine eyes with a stroke: ^byet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. ¹⁷Forbear to cry, ^bcmake no mourning for the dead, ^dbind the ^etire of thine head upon thee, and ^fput on thy shoes upon thy feet, ^gand ^hcover not thy lips, and ⁱeat not the bread of men. ¹⁸So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning ^jas I was commanded.

¹⁹And the people said unto me, ^kWilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? ²⁰Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²¹Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, ^lI will profane my sanctuary, ^mthe excellency of your strength, ^anthe desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and ^oyour sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. ²²And ye shall do as I have done: ^ghye shall not cover your lips, ⁱnor eat the bread of men. ²³And ^eyour tires shall be upon your heads, and ^fyour shoes upon your feet: ^bye shall not mourn ^pnor weep; but ^qye shall pine away for your iniquities, and ^rmourn one towards another. ²⁴Thus Ezekiel is unto you ^sa sign: ^taccording to all that he hath done shall ye do: and ^uwhen this cometh, ^vye shall know that I am the Lord God.

²⁵Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them ^wtheir strength, the joy of their glory, ^anthe desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, ^otheir sons and their daughters, ²⁶that ^xhe that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? ²⁷In that day ^yzshall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and ^zbe no more dumb: and ^sthou shalt be a sign unto them; and ^vthey shall know that I am the Lord.

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