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EZEKIEL ยท Chapter 24
24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of
the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
24:2 Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day:
the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them,
Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into
it:
24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the
thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
24:5 Take 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.
24:6 Wherefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the
pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring
it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top
of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
24:8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have
set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
24:9 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will
even make the pile for fire great.
24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it
well, and let the bones be burned.
24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it
may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in
it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
24:12 She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not
forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
24:13 In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and
you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more,
till I have caused my fury to rest upon you.
24:14 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 your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge
you, says the Lord GOD.
24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
24:16 Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes
with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your
tears run down.
24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the head
decoration of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet,
and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.
24:18 So I spoke unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife
died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
24:19 And the people said unto me, Will you not tell us what these
things are to us, that you do so?
24:20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold,
I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire
of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters
whom all of you have left shall fall by the sword.
24:22 And all of you shall do as I have done: all of you shall not
cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon
your feet: all of you shall not mourn nor weep; but all of you shall pine
away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he has
done shall all of you do: and when this comes, all of you shall know that
I am the Lord GOD.
24:25 Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take
from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes,
and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
24:26 That he that escapes in that day shall come unto you, to cause
you to hear it with your ears?
24:27 In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped,
and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign unto
them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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