Ezekiel 24

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, write! Write the name of the day for yourself, this very day; the king of Babylon has leaned toward Jerusalem in this very day.

Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

3 And use an allegory toward the house of rebellion, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: To set on the pot, to set [it] on, and also to pour water into it,

And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

4 To gather its pieces to it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, to fill in the choice of the bones.

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

5 To take the choice of the flock, And also to pile the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, indeed, cook its bones in its midst.

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

6 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Woe [to] the city of blood, A pot whose scum [is] in it, And its scum has not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, a lot has not fallen on it.

Why thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall on it.

7 For her blood has been in her midst, She has set it on a clear place of a rock, She has not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.

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

8 To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock—not to be covered.

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

9 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Woe [to] the city of blood, indeed, I make the pile great.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

10 Make the wood abundant, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burned.

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

11 And cause it to stand empty on its coals, So that its bronze is hot and burning, Its uncleanness has been melted in its midst, Its scum is consumed.

Then set it empty on the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

12 She has wearied herself [with] sorrows, And the abundance of her scum does not go out of her, Her scum [is] in the fire.

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

13 Wickedness [is] in your uncleanness, Because I have cleansed you, And you have not been cleansed, You are not cleansed from your uncleanness again, Until I have caused My fury to rest on you.

In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest on you.

14 I, YHWH, have spoken, It has come, and I have done [it], I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I regret, According to your ways, and according to your acts, They have judged you, A declaration of Lord YHWH.”

I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord GOD.

15 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

16 “Son of man, behold, I am taking the desire of your eyes from you by a stroke, and you do not mourn, nor weep, nor let your tear come.

Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

17 Cease to groan [and] make no mourning [for] the dead, bind your headdress on yourself, and put your shoes on your feet, and you do not cover over the upper lip, and you do not eat [the] bread of men.”

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

18 And I speak to the people in the morning, and my wife dies in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

19 And the people say to me, “Do you not declare to us what these [are] to us, that you are doing?”

And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

20 And I say to them, “A word of YHWH has been to me, saying,

Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

21 Say to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am defiling My sanctuary, The excellence of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom you have left, fall by sword.

Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.

22 And you have done as I have done, You have not covered over the upper lip, And you do not eat [the] bread of men.

And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

23 And your headdresses [are] on your heads, And your shoes [are] on your feet, You do not mourn nor do you weep, And you have wasted away for your iniquities, And you have howled to one another.

And your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

24 And Ezekiel has been for a type to you; according to all that he has done you do. In its coming in—you have known that I [am] Lord YHWH.”

Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done shall you do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

25 “And you, son of man, is it not in the day of My taking from them their strength, the joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, and the song of their soul—their sons and their daughters?

Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

26 In that day the escaped one comes to you to cause the ears to hear.

That he that escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

27 In that day your mouth is opened with the escaped and you speak, and are not silent anymore, and you have been for a type to them, and they have known that I [am] YHWH.”

In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.