Ezekiel 24:7

For, her own blood, hath come to be in her midst, Upon the smooth face of the cliff, hath she set it,- She hath not poured it out on the earth, that she might cover it with dust.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

In Context

6Wherefore, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot.

8To bring up indignation to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff,—that it may not be covered.

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Cross References

Leviticus 17:13And, what man soever, there may be of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, who taketh by hunting any wild-beast or bird that may be eaten, then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust;

Deuteronomy 12:24Thou shalt not eat it,—upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

Job 16:18O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry.

Isaiah 26:21For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him,—Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

Jeremiah 6:15Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.

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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