Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 24
Ezekiel 24 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 24 of Ezekiel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ And the word of the LORD came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,
- “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon [a]has 1laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
- Speak a 2parable to the 3rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [b]GOD,
¶ “Put on the 4pot, put it on and also pour water in it; - [c]5Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones. - “Take the 6choicest of the flock,
And also pile [d]wood under [e]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.” - ¶ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,
¶ “Woe to the 7bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
[f]Without making a choice. - “For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not 8pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust. - “That it may 9cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.” - ¶ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,
¶ “10Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great. - “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
[g]Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned. - “Then 11set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may [h]glow
And its 12filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed. - “She has 13wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire! - “In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are 14not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have [i]15spent My wrath on you. - ¶ I, the LORD, have spoken; it is 16coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not 17pity and I will not be sorry; 18according to your ways and according to your deeds [j]I will judge you,” declares the Lord GOD.’”
- ¶ And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
- “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the 19desire of your eyes with a 20blow; but you shall not 21mourn and you shall not weep, and your 22tears shall not come.
- Groan silently; make 23no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and 24do not eat the bread of men.”
- So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.
- The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”
- Then I said to them, “The word of the LORD came to me saying,
- ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the 25desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your 26sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
- You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.
- Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You 27will not mourn and you will not weep, but 28you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan [k]to one another.
- Thus Ezekiel will be a 29sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
- ¶ ‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their 30stronghold, the joy of their [l]pride, the desire of their eyes and [m]their heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters,
- that on that day he who 31escapes will come to you with information for your ears?
- On that day your 32mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.’”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit leaned on
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- ^ Lit Gather her pieces
- ^ Lit bones
- ^ Lit it
- ^ Lit No lot has fallen on it
- ^ Lit Complete
- ^ Lit become hot
- ^ Lit caused to rest
- ^ So with several ancient mss and versions; M.T. they
- ^ Lit a man to his brother
- ^ Or beauty
- ^ Lit the lifting up of their soul
REFERENCES
- ^ 2Ki 25:1; Je 39:1; 52:4
- ^ Ps 78:2; Eze 17:2; 20:49
- ^ Is 1:2; 30:1, 9; Eze 2:3, 6, 8
- ^ Je 1:13, 14; Eze 11:3, 7, 11; 24:6
- ^ Mc 3:2, 3
- ^ Je 39:6; 52:10, 24-27
- ^ 2Ki 24:3, 4; Eze 22:2, 3, 27; Mc 7:2; Na 3:1
- ^ Le 17:13; De 12:16
- ^ Is 26:21
- ^ Eze 24:6; Hab 2:12
- ^ Je 21:10; Ml 4:1
- ^ Eze 22:15; 23:27
- ^ Je 9:5
- ^ Je 6:28-30; Eze 22:24
- ^ Eze 5:13; 8:18
- ^ Ps 33:9; Is 55:11
- ^ Je 13:14; Eze 9:10
- ^ Is 3:11; Eze 18:30; 36:19
- ^ Sg 7:10; Eze 24:18
- ^ Jb 23:2
- ^ Je 16:5; 22:10
- ^ Je 13:17
- ^ Le 21:10-12
- ^ Je 16:7; Ho 9:4
- ^ Ps 27:4; 84:1; Eze 24:16
- ^ Je 6:11; 16:3, 4; Eze 23:25, 47
- ^ Jb 27:15; Ps 78:64
- ^ Le 26:39; Eze 33:10
- ^ Eze 4:3; Lu 11:29, 30
- ^ Ps 48:2; 50:2; Eze 24:21
- ^ 1Sa 4:12; Jb 1:15-19
- ^ Eze 3:26; 33:22
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