Ezekiel 24:1-5

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Judah Is Compared to a Boiling Pot

24 On the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year, Yahweh spoke his word to me. He said, ²“Son of man, write down today’s date. The king of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem this very day. ³Tell these rebellious people a story. Tell them, ‘This is what Adonay Yahweh says:

Put the pot on the fire; put it on.
    Pour water in it.
⁴Cut the meat into pieces,
    all the best pieces, the thigh and shoulder.
    Fill the pot with the meatiest bones
⁵        selected from the best sheep.
    Pile wood under the pot.
    Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil.
    Cook the bones that are in it well.