{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/ezekiel/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T21:17:45.974Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thy uncleanness is execrable: be- cause I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: and thou shalt not lament, nor weep : neither shall thy tears run down. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest? "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes de sire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their daughters. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee: "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened to him that hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and shalt be silent no more: and thou shalt be unto them for a sign of things to come, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 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