Ezekiel:24

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* And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year , in the tenth month , the tenth day of the month , saying : * Son of man , write thee the name of this day , on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day . * 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 . * Heap together into if the pieces thereof , every good piece , the thigh and the shoulder , choice pieces and full of bones . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city , of which I will make a great bonfire . * 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 . * 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 . * Great pains have been taken , and the great rust thereof is not gone out , not even by fire . * 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 . * 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 . * And the word of the Lord came to me , saying : * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the people said to me : Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest ? * And I said to them : The word of the Lord came to me , saying : * 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 . * And you shall do as I have done : you shall not cover your faces , nor shall you eat the meat of mourners . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee , to tell thee : * 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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