Ezekiel 24:3
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
Cross References
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Isaiah 29:2And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Jeremiah 1:13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
Ezekiel 2:2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
Ezekiel 2:5And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been 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 →