Ezekiel 24

Ezekiel 24:3

Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.

Thus saith the Lord God; I have appointed thy very actions to be significant and prophetical; set on a pot therefore, &c.

Ezekiel 24:6

Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose seum is therein, and whose seum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Wherefore, thus saith the Lord; Jerusalem, that bloody city, is that boiling pot, whose seum is in it, for that it is not purged from those foul sins, wherewith it aboundeth: the fire under it, is the extreme calamity which it shall suffer: the flesh and bones, which are in it, are those Jews, which have fled thither for safety and defence; they shall be boiled therein, through the great misery they shall endure: put thou in thy hook, and bring out the flesh and bone, piece-meal, wheresoever it lights, without any choice or deliberation, to shew that every one of them shall be fetched out thence, without difference.

Ezekiel 24:7

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. For the blood, which she hath shed, is conspicuous, even in the very midst of her; as if it had been spilt upon some high eminent rock, where it could not be hid nor soaked in: she did not pour it upon the ground, that it should be covered with the dust, and so unseen. So verse 8.

Ezekiel 24:9

I will make the pile for fire great.

I will greatly aggravate her judgments.

Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

See that full and exquisite vengeance be executed, upon all the inhabitants of that wicked city. So verse 11.

Ezekiel 24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

She hath wearied herself with her false worship, and with flatteries of her safe condition; and all her wickedness is still within her, unrepented of, unamended; and shall be, together with her, fit matter for my wrath to work upon.

Ezekiel 24:13

In thy filthiness is lewdness.

That rust, and scum, which is in thee, is thine abominable lewdness.

Ezekiel 24:16

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eye with a stroke: yet neither shall thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee that dear wife of thine, in whom thou tookest true contentment: I will inflict the stroke of death upon her; and yet, I forbid thee to mourn and weep: shed no tears for this great loss of thine; for a sign to this people.

Ezekiel 24:17

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Make no shew at all of mourning for that thy dear consort: but demean thyself so, as if thou hadst no loss or sorrow; neither make thou any funeral banquet, as the manner of the people is.

Ezekiel 24:21

Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Behold, I will cause my temple to be exposed to the profanation of the heathen; and I will give into their hands your young men, your wives, your daughters, and whatsoever is dear and precious unto you, and they shall fall by the sword of the Babylonians.

Ezekiel 24:24

Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done, &c.

Thus do I figure out, and act upon Ezekiel that, which I will do unto you.