Ezekiel:24

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* In the ninth year , in the tenth month , on the tenth day of the month , the word of the LORD came to me : * "Son of man , write down the name of this day , this very day . The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day . * And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them , Thus says the Lord GOD : Set on the pot , set it on , pour in water also ; * put in it the pieces of flesh , all the good pieces , the thigh and the shoulder ; fill it with choice bones . * Take the choicest one of the flock , pile the logs under it ; boil its pieces , seethe also its bones in it . * "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : Woe to the bloody city , to the pot whose rust is in it , and whose rust has not gone out of it ! Take out of it piece after piece , without making any choice . * For the blood she has shed is still in the midst of her ; she put it on the bare rock , she did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust . * To rouse my wrath , to take vengeance , I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed , that it may not be covered . * Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : Woe to the bloody city ! I also will make the pile great . * Heap on the logs , kindle the fire , boil well the flesh , and empty out the broth , and let the bones be burned up . * Then set it empty upon the coals , that it may become hot , and its copper may burn , that its filthiness may be melted in it , its rust consumed . * In vain I have wearied myself ; its thick rust does not go out of it by fire . * Its rust is your filthy lewdness . Because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your filthiness , you shall not be cleansed any more till I have satisfied my fury upon you . * I the LORD have spoken ; it shall come to pass , I will do it ; I will not go back , I will not spare , I will not repent ; according to your ways and your doings I will judge you , says the Lord GOD ." * Also the word of the LORD came to me : * "Son of man , behold , I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke ; yet you shall not mourn or weep nor shall your tears run down . * Sigh , but not aloud ; make no mourning for the dead . Bind on your turban , and put your shoes on your feet ; do not cover your lips , nor eat the bread of mourners ." * So I spoke to the people in the morning , and at evening my wife died . And on the next morning I did as I was commanded . * And the people said to me , "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us , that you are acting thus ?" * Then I said to them , "The word of the LORD came to me : * `Say to the house of Israel , Thus says the Lord GOD : Behold , I will profane my sanctuary , the pride of your power , the delight of your eyes , and the desire of your soul ; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword . * And you shall do as I have done ; you shall not cover your lips , nor eat the bread of mourners . * Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet ; you shall not mourn or weep , but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another . * Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign ; according to all that he has done you shall do . When this comes , then you will know that I am the Lord GOD .' * "And you , son of man , on the day when I take from them their stronghold , their joy and glory , the delight of their eyes and their heart 's desire , and also their sons and daughters , * on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news . * On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive , and you shall speak and be no longer dumb . So you will be a sign to them ; and they will know that I am the LORD ."

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