Ezekiel 24:5

which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,

6Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 39:6And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 52:24And the captain of the guard took the chief priest, and the second priest, and those that kept the way;

Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep and the weak 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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