Ezekiel 24:10
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:3I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.
Lamentations 1:10The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.
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 →