Ezekiel 24:10

Ezekiel 24:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
• New International Version (NIV)So heap on the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well, mixing in the spices; and let the bones be charred.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be burned up.

Context of Ezekiel 24:10

8That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood [guilt for her children sacrificed to Molech] on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.” 9Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the bloody city! I will also make the pile [of wood] high. Heap on wood, kindle the fire, Boil the meat well [done] And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned. 11Then set the empty pot (Jerusalem) back on the coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow And its filthiness may be melted And its rust (scum) may be consumed. 12She has wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not left her; Her thick rust and filth will not be burned away by fire [no matter how hot the flame].

Ezekiel 24:10 word by word

הַרְבֵּ֤ה הָעֵצִים֙ הַדְלֵ֣ק הָאֵ֔שׁ הָתֵ֖ם הַבָּשָׂ֑ר וְהַרְקַח֙ הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔ה וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹת יֵחָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Heapרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• on woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: stickH6086
• kindleדָּלַקdâlaq · to burn/pursueH1814
• the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• consumeתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and spiceרָקַחrâqach · to mixH7543
• it wellמֶרְקָחָהmerqâchâh · ointment pot/seasoningH4841
• and let the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• be burnedחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787

Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:10

• Jeremiah 17:3O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the countryside, I will give [to the Babylonians, as the cost of your sin] your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, And throughout your territory, your high places of sin.
• Jeremiah 20:5Moreover, I will hand over all the riches of this city, all the result of its labor, all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, and take them away and carry them to Babylon.
• Lamentations 1:10The adversary has spread out his hand Over all her precious and desirable things; For she has seen the [Gentile] nations enter her sanctuary (the Jerusalem temple)— The ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your congregation [not even in the outer courts].
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Certainly this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Heap or wood - Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Consume … spice it well - i. e., “dress the flesh, and make it froth and bubble, that the bones and the flesh may be all boiled up together.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-12God said he would make Jerusalem like a red-hot cooking pot, as if it were in a refiner's furnace. However, even this fire would not remove its corruption, because Jerusalem's impurity was permanent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. spice it well--that the meat may be the more palatable, that is, I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned, savory meat. Grotius, needlessly departing from the obvious sense, translates, "Let it be boiled down to a compound."Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 24:10

• Cooking
• Ezekiel
• Instruction
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Food
• Pine
• Profane
• Set
• Tell
• Tire
• Boil (2)
• Consume
• Ezekiel
• Heap

Commentaries on Ezekiel 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings