Ezekiel 24:6

Ezekiel 24:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now encrusted, whose deposit will not go away! Take the meat out piece by piece in whatever order it comes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.

Context of Ezekiel 24:6

4Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece — thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones. 5Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it. “‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents. 7For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. 8In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

Ezekiel 24:6 word by word

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אוֹי֮ עִ֣יר הַדָּמִים֒ סִ֚יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֶלְאָתָ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ לֹ֥א יָצְאָ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נָּה לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָ לִנְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ הוֹצִיאָ֔הּ לֹא־נָפַ֥ל עָלֶ֖יהָ גּוֹרָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• to the bloodyדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• to the potסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · potH5518
• whose scumחֶלְאָהchel'âh · rustH2457
• is not gone outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of it! bring it outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• pieceנֵ֫תַחnêthach · pieceH5409
• let no lotגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:6

• Ezekiel 24:9“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I myself will make the pile of kindling large.
• Ezekiel 11:6You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.
• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.
• Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire as food for the idols.
• 2 Kings 21:16Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
• 2 Kings 24:4and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.
• Micah 7:2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
• Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey.
• Matthew 23:35So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
• Revelation 11:7When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.
• Revelation 17:6Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
• Revelation 18:24In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those slaughtered on the earth.
• Ezekiel 24:11Set the empty pot on its coals so that it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt inside it; its corrosion will be consumed.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.
• Ezekiel 9:5He spoke to the others in my hearing: “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!
• Ezekiel 11:7“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will take you out of it.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Let no lot fall upon it - Pull out the flesh indiscriminately; let no piece be chosen for king or priest; thus showing that all should be involved in one indiscriminate ruin.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Scum - Better, rust (and in Ezekiel 24:11-12). Bring it out piece by piece - It, the city; bring out the inhabitants, one by one, clear the city of them, whether by death, exile, or captivity. Let no lot fall upon it - In the captivity of Jehoiakim and in that of Jehoiachin, some were taken, others left. Now all shall be removed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The cooking pot was too dirty to clean. Jerusalem was full of blood that she had shed and left uncovered. The Old Testament required that people cover the blood of animals killed for meat with earth (Leviticus 17:13). By leaving the blood of innocent victims uncovered, Jerusalem was doubly guilty. Her own blood would rightly be splashed on the rocks (compare Psalm 137:8–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. scum--not ordinary, but poisonous scum, that is, the people's all-pervading wickedness. bring it out piece by piece--"it," the contents of the pot; its flesh, that is, "I will destroy the people of the city, not all at the same time, but by a series of successive attacks." Not as Fairbairn, "on its every piece let it (the poisonous scum) go forth." let no lot fall upon it--that is, no lot, such as is sometimes cast, to decide who are to be destroyed…Read the comment

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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