Ezekiel 24:8

But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered [MTY] to be smeared on the bare rock, where their blood could not be covered; I did that in order that I could see it and then be angry and get revenge.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

In Context

7The blood of the people who were murdered in Jerusalem is still there; they were murdered on the bare rocks, not on the soil, where their blood could be covered.

9Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘Terrible things will happen to that city that is full of murderers [MTY]! It will be as though I also will pile high the wood in the fire.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:22“In the future, your descendants and people from other countries will see the disasters and the illnesses that Yahweh has caused to happen to you.

2 Kings 22:17I will do that because they have abandoned me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry by worshiping all the idols that they have made (OR, by all the wicked things that they have done), and my anger is like [MET] a fire that will not be put out.”

2 Chronicles 34:25I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), and my anger is like a fire that will not be extinguished.

Isaiah 26:21Listen to this: Yahweh will come from heaven to punish all the people on the earth for the sins that they have committed. People will be able to see [PRS] the ◄blood of those/the people► who have been murdered; their murderers will no longer be able to hide.

Jeremiah 7:20So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with what happens at this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be like [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, their animals, their fruit trees, and their crops.”

Jeremiah 22:8People from many nations will walk past the ruins of this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was very great?”

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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