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| 24:1 |
In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
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| 24:2 |
Mortal, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
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| 24:3 |
And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also;
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| 24:4 |
put in it the pieces, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
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| 24:5 |
Take the choicest one of the flock, pile the logs under it; boil its pieces, seethe also its bones in it.
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| 24:6 |
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, the pot whose rust is in it, whose rust has not gone out of it! Empty it piece by piece, making no choice at all.
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| 24:7 |
For the blood she shed is inside it; she placed it on a bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground, to cover it with earth.
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| 24:8 |
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have placed the blood she shed on a bare rock, so that it may not be covered.
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| 24:9 |
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile great.
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| 24:10 |
Heap up the logs, kindle the fire; boil the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be burned.
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| 24:11 |
Stand it empty upon the coals, so that it may become hot, its copper glow, its filth melt in it, its rust be consumed.
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| 24:12 |
In vain I have wearied myself; its thick rust does not depart. To the fire with its rust!
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| 24:13 |
Yet, when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness, you did not become clean from your filth; you shall not again be cleansed until I have satisfied my fury upon you.
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| 24:14 |
I the LORD have spoken; the time is coming, I will act. I will not refrain, I will not spare, I will not relent. According to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord GOD.
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| 24:15 |
The word of the LORD came to me:
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| 24:16 |
Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.
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| 24:17 |
Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.
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| 24:18 |
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.
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| 24:19 |
Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?"
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| 24:20 |
Then I said to them: The word of the LORD came to me:
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| 24:21 |
Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart's desire; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
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| 24:22 |
And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.
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| 24:23 |
Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another.
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| 24:24 |
Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; you shall do just as he has done. When this comes, then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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| 24:25 |
And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart's affection, and also their sons and their daughters,
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| 24:26 |
on that day, one who has escaped will come to you to report to you the news.
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| 24:27 |
On that day your mouth shall be opened to the one who has escaped, and you shall speak and no longer be silent. So you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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