Ezekiel 24

1 The word of Yahweh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, saying,

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

2 “Son of man, write for yourself the name of this day, this exact day, for this exact day the king of Babylon has besieged Jerusalem.

“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.

3 So speak a proverb against this rebellious house, a parable. Say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Place the cooking pot. Place it and pour water into it.

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,

4 Gather pieces of food within it, every good piece—the thigh and shoulder— and fill it with the best bones.

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

5 Take the best of the flock and pile up the bones under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

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.

6 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the city of blood, a cooking pot that has rust in it and that rust will not come out of it. Take piece after piece from it, but do not cast lots for it.

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.

7 For her blood is in the midst of her. She has set it on the smooth rock; she has not poured it out on the ground to cover it with dust,

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.

8 so it brings fury up to exact vengeance. I placed her blood on the smooth rock so it could not be covered.

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.

9 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the city of blood. I will also enlarge the pile of wood.

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

10 Stack up the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well and mix in the spices and let the bones be charred.

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

11 Then set the pot on its coals empty, in order to heat and scorch its bronze, so its uncleanness within it will be melted, its corrosion consumed.'

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.

12 She has become weary because of toil, but her corrosion has not gone out of her by the fire.

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

13 Your shameful behavior is in your uncleanness. Because I tried to cleanse you but still you would not be cleansed from your uncleanness, you will not be cleansed anymore until I have satisfied my fury upon you.

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.

14 I, Yahweh, have declared it, and I will do it. I will not relent nor will I rest from it. As your ways were, and as your activities, they will judge you!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”

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.”

15 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

16 “Son of man! Behold, I am taking the desire of your eyes from you with a plague, but you must not mourn nor weep, and your tears must not flow.

“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.

17 You must groan silently. Do not conduct a funeral for the dead. Tie your turban on you and place your sandals on your feet, but do not veil your facial hair or eat the bread of men who mourn for having lost their wives.”

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.”

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I did what I had been commanded to do.

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.

19 The people asked me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean, the things that you are doing?”

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

20 So I said to them, “The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

21 'Say to the house of Israel, the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will desecrate my sanctuary—the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword.

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.

22 Then you will do exactly as I have done: you will not veil your facial hair, nor eat the bread of mourning men!

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.

23 Instead, your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn nor weep, for you will melt away in your iniquities, and each man will groan for his brother.

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.

24 So Ezekiel will be a sign for you, as everything that he has done you will do when this comes. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'”

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.”

25 “But you, son of man, on the day that I capture their temple, which is their joy, their pride, and what they see and desire—and when I take away their sons and daughters—

“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?

26 on that day, a refugee will come to you to give you the news!

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

27 On that day your mouth will be opened up to that refugee and you will speak—you will no longer be silent. You will be a sign for them so that they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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.”