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Again in the (
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Of Jeconiah '
s captivity and of the reign of Zedekiah , (
2Ki_25
:1 ).(:
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ninth year ,
in the tenth month ,
in the tenth [
day ]
of the Called Tebeth ,
which contains part of December and part of January :
in which month and day Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem .
month ,
the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Sonne of man ,
write thee the name of the day ,
euen of this same day :
for the King of Babel set himselfe against Ierusalem this same day .
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And utter a parable to the rebellious house ,
and say to them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Set on a (
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By which was meant Jerusalem .(:
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pot ,
set [
it ]
on ,
and also pour water into it :
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Gather its (
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That is the citizens and the chief men of it .(:
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pieces into it , [
even ]
every good piece ,
the thigh ,
and the shoulder ;
fill [
it ]
with the choice bones .
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Take the choice of the flock ,
and burn also the (
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Meaning ,
of the innocents whom they had slain ,
who were the cause of the kindling of God '
s wrath against them .(:
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bones under it , [
and ]
make it boil well ,
and let them boil its bones in it .
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Woe to the bloody city ,
to the pot (
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Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain .(:
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whose scum [
is ]
in it ,
and whose scum is not gone out of it !
bring it out Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once ,
but little by little .
piece by piece ;
let no Spare no estate or condition .
lot fall upon it .
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For her blood is in the midst of her ;
she set it upon the top of a (
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The city showed her cruelty to all the world ,
and was not ashamed of it ,
neither yet hid it .(:
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rock ;
she poured it not upon the ground ,
to cover it with dust ;
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That it might cause wrath to arise , &
amp ;
take vengeance :
euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered .
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Therefore thus saith ye Lord God ,
Woe to the bloody citie ,
for I will make ye burning great .
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Heap on wood , (
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Meaning that the city would be utterly destroyed and that he would give the enemies an appetite for it .(:
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kindle the fire ,
consume the flesh ,
and spice it well ,
and let the bones be burned .
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Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof ,
that the brasse of it may be hot ,
and may burne ,
and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it ,
and that the skomme of it may be consumed .
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In thy filthiness [
is ]
lewdness :
because I (
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I laboured by sending my prophets to call you to repentance but you would not .(:
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have purged thee ,
and thou wast not purged ,
thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more ,
till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee .
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I the LORD have spoken [
it ]:
it shall come to pass ,
and I will do [
it ];
I will not go back ,
neither will I spare ,
neither will I repent ;
according to thy ways ,
and according to thy doings ,
shall (
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That is ,
the Babylonians .(:
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they judge thee ,
saith the Lord GOD .