Ezekiel 24:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Jerusalem Is Like a Cooking Pot

24 It was the ninth year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. On the tenth day of the tenth month, a message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, ² “Son of man, write down today’s date. The king of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem and attacked it today. ³ Your people refuse to obey me. So tell them a story. Say to them, ‘The Lord and King told me,