Ezekiel:24

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* And in the ninth year , in the tenth month , on the tenth of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , write thee the name of the day , of this selfsame day : on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem . * And propose a parable unto the rebellious house , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Set on the pot , set [it ] on , and also pour water into it . * Gather the pieces thereof into it , every good piece , the thigh and the shoulder ; fill [it ] with the choice bones : * take the choice of the flock ; and also [put ] a pile of wood under it , for the bones ; make it boil well , and let the bones of it seethe therein . * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the bloody city , to the pot whose rust is therein , and whose rust is not gone out of it ! Bring it out piece by piece ; let no lot fall upon it : * 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 . * That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance , I have set her blood upon the bare rock , that it should not be covered . * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the bloody city ! I also will make the pile great . * Heap on the wood , kindle the fire , boil thoroughly the flesh , and spice it well , and let the bones be burned . * Then set it empty upon its coals , that it may be hot , and the brass of it may burn , and that its filthiness may be molten in it , [and ] that its rust may be consumed . * She hath exhausted [her ] labours , yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her : let her rust be in the fire . * In thy filthiness is lewdness , for I have purged thee , and thou art not pure . Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness , till I have satisfied my fury upon thee . * I Jehovah have spoken [it ]: it shall come to pass , and I will do it ; I will not go back , neither will I spare , nor will I repent . According to thy ways , and according to thy doings , shall they judge thee , saith the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , behold , I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke ; yet thou shalt not mourn nor weep , neither shall thy tears run down . * Sigh in silence , make no mourning for the dead ; bind thy turban upon thee , and put thy sandals upon thy feet , and cover not the beard , and eat not the bread of men . * -- And I spoke unto the people in the morning ; and at even my wife died . And I did in the morning as I was commanded . * And the people said unto me , Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us , which thou doest ? * And I said to them , The word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will profane my sanctuary , the pride of your strength , the desire of your eyes , and your soul 's longing ; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword . * And ye shall do as I have done : ye shall not cover the beard , neither eat the bread of men ; * and your turbans shall be upon your heads , and your sandals upon your feet : ye shall not mourn nor weep ; but ye shall waste away in your iniquities and moan one toward another . * Thus Ezekiel shall be unto you a sign ; according to all that he hath done shall ye do : when it cometh , then ye shall know that I [am ] the Lord Jehovah . * And thou , 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 whereunto they lift up their soul , their sons and their daughters , * that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee , to cause [thine ] ears to hear [it ]? * In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped , and thou shalt speak , and be no more dumb . So shalt thou be a sign unto them ; and they shall know that I [am ] Jehovah .

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