Ezekiel:24

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* Again in the ninth year , in the tenth month , in the tenth of the month , the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , write for yourself the name of the day , even of this same day . The king of Babylon has leaned toward Jerusalem this same day . * And speak a parable to the rebellious house , and say to them , So says the Lord Jehovah : Set on a pot ; set [it ] on , and also pour water into it . * Gather its pieces into it , even every good piece , the thigh , and the shoulder . Fill [it with ] the choice bones . * Take the choice of the flock , and also burn the bones under it ; make it boil high , and let them boil its bones in it . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Woe to the bloody city , to the pot whose scum [is ] in it , and whose scum has not gone out of it ! Bring it out piece by piece ; let no lot fall on it . * For her blood is in her midst ; she set it on the top of a rock . She did not pour it on the ground , to cover it [with ] dust , * that it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance . I have set her blood on a shining rock , that it should not be covered . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Woe to the bloody city ! I will even 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 . * And set it empty on its coals , so that its bronze may be hot and may glow , and [that ] its uncleanness may be melted in it , [that ] the scum of it may be burned away . * She has wearied [herself ] with lies , and her great scum did not go out from her . Her scum [shall be ] in the fire . * In your defilement [is ] wickedness . Because I have purged you and you were not purged , you shall not be purged from your defilement any more , until I have caused My fury to cease on you . * I the LORD have spoken . It shall come , and I will do [it ]. I will not let go , nor will I spare , nor will I repent . According to your ways , and according to your doings , they shall judge you , says the Lord Jehovah . * And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , behold , I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke . Yet neither shall you mourn nor weep , nor shall your tears run down . * Groan [but ] be silent ; make no mourning [for ] the dead ; tie your turban on you , and put your sandals on your feet , and do not cover [your ] lips , and do not eat the bread of men . * So I spoke to the people in the morning . And in the evening my wife died , and I did in the morning as I was commanded . * And the people said to me , Will you not tell us what these [things mean ] to us , that you do so ? * And I answered them , The Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Speak to the house of Israel . So says the Lord Jehovah : behold , I will defile My sanctuary , the glory of your strength , the desire of your eyes , and that which your soul pities . And 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 lips nor eat the bread of men . * And your turbans [shall be ] on your heads , and your sandals on your feet . You shall not mourn nor weep ; but you shall pine away for your iniquities and mourn to one another . * So Ezekiel is a sign to you . According to all that he has done , you shall do . And when this comes , you shall know that I [am ] the Lord Jehovah . * Also , son of man , [will 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 on which they set their minds , their sons and their daughters , * [that ] he who escapes in that day shall come to you to cause [you ] to hear it [with your ] ears ? * In that day your mouth shall be open to him who has escaped , and you shall speak and be no more dumb . And you shall be a sign to them , and they shall know that I [am ] the LORD .

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