Ezekiel 24

Revised Geneva Translation

24 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, came the Word of the LORD to me, saying:

² “Son of man, write the name of the day, of this same day. The king of Babel set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

³ “Therefore, speak a parable to the rebellious House, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Prepare a pot. Prepare it, and also pour water into it.

⁴ “Gather pieces into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.

⁵ “Take one of the best sheep, also, and burn the bones under it. Make it boil well and simmer its bones inside.”

⁶ ‘Because the Lord GOD says thus, “Woe to the bloody city, to the pot, whose scum is inside, and whose scum has not gone out of it. Bring it out, piece by piece. Let no lot fall upon it.

⁷ “For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon a high rock and did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust,

⁸ “so that it might cause wrath to arise and take vengeance. I have set her blood upon a high rock so that it would not be covered.”

⁹ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: “Woe to the bloody city! For I will make the burning great.

¹⁰ “Heap on much wood! Kindle the fire! Consume the flesh and cast in spice! And let the bones be burnt!

¹¹ “Then set it upon its coals empty, so that the bronze 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 lies, and her great scum did not go out of her. Therefore, her scum shall be consumed with fire!

¹³ “Wickedness is in your filthiness. Because I would have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness until I have caused My wrath to light upon you.

¹⁴ “I, the LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back, nor will I spare, nor will I relent. According to your ways and according to your works shall they judge you,” says the LORD God.’”

¹⁵ Also the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:

¹⁶ “Son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of your eyes from you with a plague. Still, you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.

¹⁷ “Cease from sighing. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind the turban upon your head and put your shoes on your feet. Do not cover your lips and do not eat the bread of men.”

¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning. And in the evening, my wife died. And in the morning, I did as I was Commanded.

¹⁹ And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

²⁰ Then I answered them. The Word of the LORD came to me, saying:

²¹ “Speak to the House of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will pollute My Sanctuary, the pride of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heart’s desire. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.

²² “And you shall do as I have done. You shall neither cover your lips nor shall you eat the bread of men.

²³ “And your turban shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet. You shall neither mourn nor weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn one toward another.

²⁴ “Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you. According to all that he has done, you shall do. And when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”’

²⁵ “As for you, son of man, shall it not be—on the day when I take their power from them, the joy of their honor, the pleasure of their eyes, and the desire of their heart, their sons and their daughters—

²⁶ “that he who escapes on that day shall come to you with that which he has heard with his ears?

²⁷ “On that day your mouth shall be opened to him who has escaped; and you shall speak and no longer be dumb. And you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.”