Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, cook the flesh, put in spices, and let the bones be burned.

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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

9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood! Now will I make the pile for fire great.

11Then set it empty upon the coals, that its brass may be hot and may burn, and that its impurity may be dissolved in it, and its rust be consumed.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:3My mountain in the field! thy substance and all thy treasures will I give up for spoil; Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

Lamentations 1:10The adversary spreadeth his hands over all her pleasant things; Yea, she seeth the nations enter into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into her congregation.

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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