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Ezekiel 24:11
11Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed.
Ezekiel 24:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
- New International Version (NIV)Then set the empty pot on the coals till it becomes hot and its copper glows, so that its impurities may be melted and its deposit burned away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it may become hot and its bronze may burn, That its filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may be consumed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now set the empty pot on the coals. Heat it red hot! Burn away the filth and corruption.
Context of Ezekiel 24:11
9Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up. Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
Read all of Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 24:11 word by word
וְהַעֲמִידֶ֥הָ עַל־גֶּחָלֶ֖יהָ רֵקָ֑ה לְמַ֨עַן תֵּחַ֜ם וְחָ֣רָה נְחֻשְׁתָּ֗הּ וְנִתְּכָ֤ה בְתוֹכָהּ֙ טֻמְאָתָ֔הּ תִּתֻּ֖ם חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- it emptyרֵיקrêyq rêq · worthlessH7386
- upon the coalsגַּחֶ֫לֶתgechel gacheleth · coalH1513
- thereof, that the brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- of it may be hotיָחַםyâcham · to conceiveH3179
- and may burnחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
- the filthinessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
- of it may be moltenנָתַךְnâthak · to pourH5413
- in itתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- the scumחֶלְאָהchel'âh · rustH2457
- of it may be consumedתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:11
- Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'
- Jeremiah 32:29The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 37:10For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'"
- Jeremiah 38:18But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand."
- Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 22:15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
- Ezekiel 23:26They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
- Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
- Isaiah 27:9Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
- Micah 5:11and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
- Zechariah 13:1"On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
- Malachi 4:1"For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:11
- 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. 1111. set it empty ... that ... brass ... may burn, ... that ... scum ... may be consumed--Even the consumption of the contents is not enough; the caldron itself which is infected by the poisonous scum must be destroyed, that is, the city itself must be destroyed, not merely the inhabitants, just as the very house infected with leprosy was to be destroyed (Le 14:34-45).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
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