Ezekiel 24:3
And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:
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Psalms 78:2Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Isaiah 29:2And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.
Isaiah 30:9For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:
Jeremiah 1:13And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.
Ezekiel 2:2And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.
Ezekiel 2:5And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.
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 →