The Book of Ezekiel
24: 1Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month,
the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 24:2Son of man, write thee the name of
the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem
this selfsame day. 24:3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour
water into it: 24:4gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh,
and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 24:5Take the choice of the flock, and
also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the
bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it. 24:6Wherefore thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose
rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.
24:7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it
not upon the ground, to cover it with dust. 24:8That it may cause wrath to come up
to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be
covered. 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also
will make the pile great. 24:10Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the
flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned. 24:11Then set it empty
upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that
the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed. 24:12She
hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust
goeth not forth by fire. 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed
thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any
more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. 24:14I, Jehovah, 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 thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall
they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. 24:15Also the word of Jehovah came unto
me, saying, 24:16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes
with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run
down. 24:17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire
upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the
bread of men. 24:18So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife
died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 24:19And the people said unto
me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? 24:20Then I
said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 24:21Speak unto the
house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my
sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your
soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall
by the sword. 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor
eat the bread of men. 24:23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes
upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your
iniquities, and moan one toward another. 24:24Thus shall Ezekiel be unto you a sign;
according to all that he hath done shall ye do: when this cometh, then shall ye
know that I am the Lord Jehovah. 24:25And thou, 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 heart, their sons and their daughters,
24:26that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it
with thine ears? 24:27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped,
and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them;
and they shall know that I am Jehovah.