Ezekiel 24:5

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]. Make it boil well, yea, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

6Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 39:6Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes. Also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold.

Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus says lord LORD to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 24:2-15

The Parable of the Boiling Pot; The Explanation of the Parable. ( b. c. 590.) 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, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it,… Read the whole commentary →

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