OET interlinear EZEK 24:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the city of blood

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD woe (a)_city of_(the),blood(s) pot which/who rust_of,its [is]_in,it and,rust_of,its not gone_out from=her/it to,pieces_of,its to,pieces_of,its take,it_out not throw on/upon=it(f) lots )

Here “blood” is a reference to “murder.” Alternate translation: [the city of murderers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) a cooking pot

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD woe (a)_city of_(the),blood(s) pot which/who rust_of,its [is]_in,it and,rust_of,its not gone_out from=her/it to,pieces_of,its to,pieces_of,its take,it_out not throw on/upon=it(f) lots )

Yahweh continues to compare Jerusalem to a cooking pot. Alternate translation: [it is like a cooking pot]

(Occurrence 0) rust

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD woe (a)_city of_(the),blood(s) pot which/who rust_of,its [is]_in,it and,rust_of,its not gone_out from=her/it to,pieces_of,its to,pieces_of,its take,it_out not throw on/upon=it(f) lots )

the red material that forms on metal. Rust eats away at metal and eventually destroys it

(Occurrence 0) Take piece after piece

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD woe (a)_city of_(the),blood(s) pot which/who rust_of,its [is]_in,it and,rust_of,its not gone_out from=her/it to,pieces_of,its to,pieces_of,its take,it_out not throw on/upon=it(f) lots )

Yahweh does not give this command to a specific person. This is a general command given to an unspecified person within this metaphor.

(Occurrence 0) but do not cast lots for it

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD woe (a)_city of_(the),blood(s) pot which/who rust_of,its [is]_in,it and,rust_of,its not gone_out from=her/it to,pieces_of,its to,pieces_of,its take,it_out not throw on/upon=it(f) lots )

Casting lots was a way of choosing which pieces of meat to take out, but because Yahweh wants to take out all of the pieces of meat, there is no need to cast lots.