Ezek 24
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Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the
word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Son of man, write you the name of the day, [even] of this selfsame day: the king of
Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this selfsame day.
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And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord YHWH,
Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
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gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder;
fill it with the choice bones.
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Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron];
make it boil well; yea, let its bones be boiled in the midst of it.
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Wherefore thus says the Lord YHWH: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust
is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece;
No lot is fallen upon it.
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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it
not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
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That it may cause anger to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the
bare rock, that it should not be covered.
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Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile
great.
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Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth,
and let the bones be burned.
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Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass
may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may
be consumed.
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She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust goes not forth out of her;
her rust [goes not forth] by fire.
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In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you were not cleansed,
you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my anger
toward you to rest.
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I, YHWH, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back,
neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according
to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord YHWH.
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Also the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet
you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
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Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headtire upon you, and
put your shoes upon your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the
morning as I was commanded.
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And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that
you do so?
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Then I said to them, The word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,
the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities;
and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
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And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread
of men.
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And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall
not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward
another.
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Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done shall you do:
when this comes, then shall you know that I am the Lord YHWH.
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And you, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength,
the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their
heart, their sons and their daughters,
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that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your
ears?
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In that day shall your mouth be opened to him whom is escaped, and you shall speak,
and be no more dumb: so shall you be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am
YHWH.