Moff EZE Chapter 24

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24 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, this word from the Eternal came to me: 2 “Son of man, write down the name of this day; on this very day the king of Babylon has begun to invest Jerusalem. 3 Tell this rebellious community a parable; give them this message from the Lord the Eternal:

‘Set the cauldron on the fire, set it on,

pour in water,

put in the pieces,

all the good pieces,

thighs and shoulders,

fill it with the choicest bones,

choose the finest of the flock;

then pile wood under it,

make it boil merrily,

seething the bones in it!’

6 For this is the Lord the Eternal’s word: ‘Woe to the bloody city! 9 I myself will pile the fuel high. 10 Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, but empty out the flesh, pour out the broth, 11 and then set the cauldron empty on the coals to heat, to let its copper glow, and melt out its impurity, consuming its rust. 12 But the thick rust will not leave it; not even the fire can purge it. 6 Woe to the cauldron full of rust, with rust that will not leave it! Empty it anyhow, pull out the pieces as they come! 7 [[For the blood of her murders is in her; she poured it out on the bare rock, not on the ground for the dust to hide it, 8 but to rouse my fury, to provoke vengeance upon herself.]] 13 The rust is your impurity so foul. Because I would have cleansed you and you would not be clean, you shall never be cleansed from your impurity till I glut my fury on you. 14 I the Eternal have said it, and I will do it; I will not refrain, I will not pity, I will not relent, I will punish you as you have lived and acted’--so says the Lord the Eternal.”

15 This word from the Eternal came to me: 16 “Son of man, I am taking from you at a stroke the treasure of your eyes. 17 But no mourning for her, not a tear! Sigh silently, raise no lament for the dead; put on your turban and your sandals, cover not up your beard, and eat no funeral food.” 18 I told this to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died.

19 Next day I did as I had been told. The people asked me, “Will you not tell us what this means for us--this conduct of yours?” 20 I answered, “This word from the Eternal came to me: 21 Tell the community of Israel this message from the Lord the Eternal--‘I am about to desecrate my own sanctuary, your pride and confidence, the treasure of your eyes, your darling care; and the sons and daughters you have left behind are to fall by the sword. 22 [[You shall do as I have done; you shall not cover up your beards, nor eat funeral food; 23 you shall wear your turbans and your sandals, you shall neither lament nor weep but pine away in your sins and groan to yourselves.]] 24 This is how Ezekiel shall be an example to you; as he does, so shall you do when the time comes. It will teach you that I am the Lord the Eternal.’ 25 And, son of man, on the day I take from them their confidence, their proud delight, the treasure of their eyes, their heart’s desire, together with their sons and daughters, 26 a fugitive will come to you with the news. 27 Then you may open your lips to the fugitive, you may speak aloud, you need not be any longer dumb. So shall you be an example to them, and they shall learn that I am the Eternal.” * * *

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