bes - 24

bes@Ezekiel:24:1 @ And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,

bes@Ezekiel:24:2 @ Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, even from this day.

bes@Ezekiel:24:3 @ And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:

bes@Ezekiel:24:4 @ and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,

bes@Ezekiel:24:5 @ which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.

bes@Ezekiel:24:6 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is (note:)Gr. blight, or, rust(:note) scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.

bes@Ezekiel:24:7 @ For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it;

bes@Ezekiel:24:8 @ that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

bes@Ezekiel:24:9 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,

bes@Ezekiel:24:10 @ and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;

bes@Ezekiel:24:11 @ and that it may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be (note:)Gr. burnt and heated(:note) thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed,

bes@Ezekiel:24:12 @ and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.

bes@Ezekiel:24:13 @ Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath?

bes@Ezekiel:24:14 @ I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

bes@Ezekiel:24:15 @ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

bes@Ezekiel:24:16 @ Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thine eyes (note:)Lit. in battle array(:note) by violence: thou shalt not lament, neither shalt thou weep.

bes@Ezekiel:24:17 @ Thou shalt groan for blood, and have mourning upon thy loins; thy hair shall not be braided upon thee, and thy sandals shall be on thy feet; thou shalt in no wise be comforted by their lips, and thou shalt not eat the bread of men.

bes@Ezekiel:24:18 @ And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me.

bes@Ezekiel:24:19 @ And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are that thou doest?

bes@Ezekiel:24:20 @ Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

bes@Ezekiel:24:21 @ Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls (note:)Gr. spare(:note) are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword.

bes@Ezekiel:24:22 @ And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not be comforted at their mouth, and ye shall not eat the bread of men.

bes@Ezekiel:24:23 @ And your hair shall be upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall ye at all lament or weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother.

bes@Ezekiel:24:24 @ And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

bes@Ezekiel:24:25 @ And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters,

bes@Ezekiel:24:26 @ that in that day he that escapes shall come to thee, to tell it thee in thine ears?

bes@Ezekiel:24:27 @ In that say thy mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; thou shalt speak, and shalt be no longer (note:)More lit. «made dumb’(:note) dumb: and thou shalt be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 24