Ezekiel 24

CLV(i) 1 And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, saying, 2 `Son of man, write for you the name of the day--this self-same day leaned has the king of Babylon toward Jerusalem in this self-same day--" 3 and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and you have said unto them:Thus said the Lord Yahweh:To set on the pot, to set [it] on, and also to pour into it water, 4 To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in." 5 The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst." 6 Therefore, thus said the Lord Yahweh:Woe [to] the city of blood, A pot whose scum [is] in it, And its scum has not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it has a lot." 7 For her blood in her midst has been, On a clear place of a rock she has set it, She has not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust." 8 To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock--not to be covered." 9 Therefore, thus said the Lord Yahweh:Woe [to] the city of blood, yea, I--I make great the pile." 10 Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt." 11 And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted has been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum." 12 [With] sorrows she has wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goes not out of her, In the fire [is] her scum." 13 In your uncleanness [is] wickedness, Because I have cleansed you, And you have not been cleansed, From your uncleanness you are not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on you." 14 I, Yahweh, has spoken, It has come, and I have done [it], I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I repent, According to your ways, and according to your acts, they have judged you, An affirmation of the Lord Yahweh.'" 15 And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, saying, 16 `Son of man, lo, I am taking from you the desire of your eyes by a stroke, and you do not mourn, nor weep, nor let your tear come." 17 Cease to groan, [for] the dead you do make no mourning, your bonnet bind on you, and your shoes you do put on your feet, and you do not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men you do not eat.'" 18 And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dies in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded." 19 And the people say unto me, `Do you not declare to us what these [are] to us, that you are doing?'" 20 And I say unto them, `A word of Yahweh has been unto me, saying:" 21 Say to the house of Israel:Thus said the Lord Yahweh:Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom you have left, by sword they do fall." 22 And you have done as I have done, On the upper lip you are not covered, And bread of men you do not eat." 23 And your bonnets [are] on your heads, And your shoes [are] on your feet, You do not mourn nor do you weep, And you have wasted away for your iniquities, And you have howled one unto another." 24 And Ezekiel has been to you for a type, According to all that he has done you do; In its coming in--you have known that I [am] the Lord Yahweh." 25 And you, son of man, Is it not in the day of My taking from them their strength, The joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, And the song of their soul, Their sons and their daughters? 26 In that day come does the escaped one to you. To cause the ears to hear. 27 In that day opened is your mouth with the escaped, And you speak, and are not silent any more, And you have been to them for a type. And they have known that I [am] Yahweh.'"