Ezekiel:24

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* And the word of Jehovah was to me in the ninth year , in the tenth month , in the tenth of the month , saying , * Son of man , write for yourself the name of the day , this very day . The king of Babylon has leaned toward Jerusalem in this very day . * And parable a parable to the house of rebellion , and say to them , So says the Lord Jehovah : Set on the pot ! Set on , and also pour water in it . * Gather its pieces into it , every good piece , the thigh and the shoulder . Fill it with choice bones , * take the choice of the flock and also pile the bones under it . Boiling make it boil . Also let them seethe its bones in it . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Woe to the bloody city , to the pot whose rust is in it , and its rust has not gone out of it ! Bring it out piece by piece . Let not a lot fall on it . * For her blood is in her midst , she set it on a shining rock . She did not pour it on the ground , to cover it with dust . * In order to cause fury to come up to take vengeance , I have put her blood on a shining rock , that it should not be covered . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Woe to the bloody city ! I also shall heap on the pile , * and heap on the wood , kindle the fire , consume the flesh , and mix in the spice , and let the bones be burned . * Then make it stand on its coals empty , so that it may be hot and its bronze may glow , and its defilement be melted in its midst , that its rust may be consumed . * She is wearied with toil , and the increase of her rust did not go out , her rust will be in the fire . * In your defilement is wickedness . Because I have cleansed you , yet you are not clean , you shall not be cleansed from your defilement any more until I have caused My fury to cease on you . * I , Jehovah , have spoken ; it shall come , and I will do it . I will not let go , and I will not spare , I will not pity . By your ways and by your doings they shall judge you , declares the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * Son of man , behold , I am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a blow . Yet you shall not wail nor weep , and your tears shall not come . * Groan , but be silent ; do not make a mourning for the dead . Bind your turban on you , and put your sandals on your feet , and do not cover the mustache nor eat the bread of men . * So I spoke to the people in the morning . And my wife died in the evening . And I did in the morning as I was commanded . * And the people said to me , Will you not tell us what the things you are doing are to us ? * Then I said to them , The word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * Speak to the house of Israel , So says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will profane My sanctuary , the pride of your strength , the desire of your eyes , and that which your soul pities . And your sons and your daughters whom you have forsaken shall fall by the sword . * And you shall do as I have done . You shall not cover over the mustache , and you shall not eat the bread of men . * And your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet . You shall not wail nor weep , but you shall rot away in your iniquities , and each man groan to his brother . * So is for a sign to you . As all that he has done , you shall do . And when it comes , then you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah . * And you , son of man , will it not be on the day when I take from them their strength , the joy of their beauty , the desire of their eyes , and the lifting up of their soul , their sons and their daughters ? * He will come in that day , he who escaped to you , to cause you to hear with your ears . * In that day your mouth shall be opened to the escaped one , and you shall speak and not be dumb any longer . And you shall be to them a sign , and they shall know that I am Jehovah .

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