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

8In order to stir up my fury so that I would pay that city back, I put the blood of its victims on a bare rock. Now that blood can’t be covered. 9“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: How horrible it will be for that city of murderers. I, too, will pile the wood high. Pile it high, and light the fire. Cook the meat thoroughly, stir the mixture, and let the bones burn. 11Then set the empty pot on the coals so that it gets hot and its copper glows. Its impurities will melt away, and its tarnish will burn off. 12“ ‘I have worn myself out trying to clean this pot. Even the fire can’t take away its thick tarnish.

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 17:3and on mountains in the open country. I will turn your wealth and all your treasures into loot. I will do this because of your worship sites and your sin throughout all your territory.
• Jeremiah 20:5I will hand all the riches of this city over to their enemies. This will include all its produce, all its valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will loot them, take them away, and bring them to Babylon.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies laid their hands on all of the city’s treasures. Jerusalem has seen the nations enter the holy place. ‘O Lord, they are the same people you have forbidden to enter your congregation.’
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies gawk at you. They hiss and grit their teeth. They say, ‘We’ve swallowed it up. Yes, this is the day we’ve been waiting for. At last 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