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of women who shed blood, because they are That it may become hot and its bronze
adulteresses, and blood is on their hands. may burn,
46 “For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Bring up an That its filthiness may be melted in it,
assembly against them, give them up to trou- That its scum may be consumed.
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ble and plunder. The assembly shall stone 12 She has grown weary with lies,
them with stones and execute them with their And her great scum has not gone
swords; they shall slay their sons and their from her.
daughters, and burn their houses with fire. Let her scum be in the fire!
48 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the 13 In your filthiness is lewdness.
land, that all women may be taught not to Because I have cleansed you,
practice your lewdness. They shall repay you and you were not cleansed,
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for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your You will not be cleansed of your
idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am filthiness anymore,
the Lord GOD.’ ” Till I have caused My fury to rest
Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth upon you.
24 month, on the tenth day of the month, 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it;
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, It shall come to pass, and I will do it;
2 “Son of man, write down the name of the day, I will not hold back,
this very day—the king of Babylon started his Nor will I spare,
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siege against Jerusalem this very day. And Nor will I relent;
utter a parable to the rebellious house, and According to your ways
say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: And according to your deeds
They will judge you,”
“Put on a pot, set it on, Says the Lord GOD.’ ”
And also pour water into it.
4 Gather pieces of meat in it, 15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, say-
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Every good piece, ing, “Son of man, behold, I take away from
The thigh and the shoulder. you the desire of your eyes with one stroke;
Fill it with choice cuts; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor
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5 Take the choice of the flock. shall your tears run down. Sigh in silence,
Also pile fuel bones under it, make no mourning for the dead; bind your tur-
Make it boil well, ban on your head, and put your sandals on your
And let the cuts simmer in it.” feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat man’s
bread of sorrow.”
‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning,
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“Woe to the bloody city, and at evening my wife died; and the next
To the pot whose scum is in it, morning I did as I was commanded.
And whose scum is not gone from it! 19 And the people said to me, “Will you not
Bring it out piece by piece, tell us what these things signify to us, that you
On which no lot has fallen. behave so?”
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For her blood is in her midst;
7 Then I answered them, “The word of the
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She set it on top of a rock; LORD came to me, saying, ‘Speak to the
She did not pour it on the ground, house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Be-
To cover it with dust. hold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arro-
That it may raise up fury and take
8 gant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight
vengeance,
I have set her blood on top of a rock,
That it may not be covered.”
‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
9 24:16–27 Ezekiel’s wife died as a sign to Israel.
All personal sorrow was eclipsed in the uni-
“Woe to the bloody city! versal calamity. Just as Ezekiel was not to
I too will make the pyre great. mourn the death of his wife (v. 17), so Israel
Heap on the wood,
10 was not to mourn the death of her families (vv.
Kindle the fire; 19–24).Though the text emphasizes how pre-
Cook the meat well, cious his wife was, the “desire of [his] eyes”(vv.
Mix in the spices, 16,21), his “boast” and “delight” (v. 21), he was
And let the cuts be burned up. obedient and submitted to God’s will. He
became a heartbreaking sign to his people.
11 “Then set the pot empty on the coals,
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