geneva Ezekiel:24:1-14
geneva@Ezekiel:24:1 @ Again in the (note:)Of Jeconiah's captivity and of the reign of Zedekiah, (2Ki_25:1).(:note) 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,
geneva@Ezekiel:24:2 @ 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.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:3 @ And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a (note:)By which was meant Jerusalem.(:note) pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:
geneva@Ezekiel:24:4 @ Gather its (note:)That is the citizens and the chief men of it.(:note) pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:5 @ Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the (note:)Meaning, of the innocents whom they had slain, who were the cause of the kindling of God's wrath against them.(:note) bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:6 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot (note:)Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.(:note) 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.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:7 @ For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a (note:)The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed of it, neither yet hid it.(:note) rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
geneva@Ezekiel:24:8 @ That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:9 @ Therefore thus saith ye Lord God, Woe to the bloody citie, for I will make ye burning great.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:10 @ Heap on wood, (note:)Meaning that the city would be utterly destroyed and that he would give the enemies an appetite for it.(:note) kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:11 @ 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.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:12 @
geneva@Ezekiel:24:13 @ In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I (note:)I laboured by sending my prophets to call you to repentance but you would not.(:note) 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.
geneva@Ezekiel:24:14 @ 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 (note:)That is, the Babylonians.(:note) they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
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