Ezekiel 24:3
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable.I will utter dark sayings of old,
Isaiah 29:2then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.
Isaiah 30:9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
Jeremiah 1:13The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, "What do you see?"I said, "I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north."
Ezekiel 2:2The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.
Ezekiel 2:5They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has 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 →