Ezekiel 24:1–14

The Boiling Pot and the Death of Ezekiel’s Wife

24 And the word of Yahweh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, ⌊saying⌋,a 2 “Son of man,b write for yourself the name of the day, ⌊this very day⌋.c The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day! 3 And ⌊deliver a proverb⌋d to ⌊the rebellious house⌋,e and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Place the pot! Place it and also pour water into it. 4 Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it with choice bones; 5 take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bonesf under it; ⌊boil it vigorously⌋;g indeed,h its bones boiled in the midst of it.” ’ ”

6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! A pot that has its rust in it; ⌊its rust did not go out from it⌋.i Bring it out ⌊piece by piece⌋;j ⌊one is as good as another⌋.k 7 For her blood was in the midst of her; ⌊she put it on a bare rock⌋;l she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.m 8 To stir up rage, to avenge myself through vengeance, I placed its blood on the barrenness of a rock, ⌊so that it may not be covered⌋.”n

9 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great! 10 Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish cooking the meat, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned.o 11 And ⌊make it stand⌋p empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it,q so that its uncleanness and its rust be consumed. 12 Through effort she has caused weariness; ⌊its thick rust⌋r went not out of it. Its rust! Into the fire with its rust! 13 In your uncleanness is obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until ⌊I fully vent my rage⌋s on you. 14 I, Yahweh, I have spoken. It is coming, and I did it; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!”t ⌊declares⌋u the Lord Yahweh.

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a	Literally “to say”
b	Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
c	Literally “exactly the day the this”
d	Literally “quote a proverb”; “proverb a proverb”
e	Literally “the house of rebellion”
f	Or possibly “logs”; the difference is one letter in Hebrew
g	Literally “boil its boiling”
h	Or “also”
i	Literally “rust her not went forth from her”
j	Literally “according to its pieces”
k	Literally “no lot has fallen on it”
l	Literally “on barrenness of a rock she put it”
m	Or “earth” or “dirt”
n	Literally “so as not to be covered”
o	Or “charred”
p	Literally “cause it to stand”
q	Literally “her”
r	Literally “the abundance of its rust”
s	Literally “until causing rest I to my rage”
t	Or “I will judge”
u	Literally “declaration of”