Ezekiel 24:3
And utter a parable concerning the rebellious house, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
Isaiah 29:2Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.
Isaiah 30:9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;
Jeremiah 1:13And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.'
Ezekiel 2:2And spirit entered into me when He spoke unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard Him that spoke unto me.
Ezekiel 2:5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear — for they are a rebellious house — yet shall know that there hath 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 →