Ezekiel 24:7

Ezekiel 24:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.

Context of Ezekiel 24:7

5selected from the best sheep. Pile wood under the pot. Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil. Cook the bones that are in it well. 6“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: How horrible it will be for that city of murderers, for that tarnished pot. Its tarnish will not come off. Empty the meat out of it piece by piece without choosing any particular piece. Blood is still in that city. The blood was poured on a bare rock. It wasn’t poured on the ground where dust would cover it. 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.

Ezekiel 24:7 word by word

כִּ֤י דָמָהּ֙ בְּתוֹכָ֣הּ הָיָ֔ה עַל־צְחִ֥יחַ סֶ֖לַע שָׂמָ֑תְהוּ לֹ֤א שְׁפָכַ֙תְהוּ֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְכַסּ֥וֹת עָלָ֖יו עָפָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For her bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• is in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of her; she setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• it upon the topצְחִיחַtsechîyach · bareH6706
• of a rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• she pouredשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• it not upon the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• to coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• it with dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083

Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:7

• 1 Kings 21:19Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord asks: Have you murdered someone just to confiscate ⌞a vineyard⌟?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: At the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lick up your blood.’ ”
• Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
• Jeremiah 2:34You have the blood from poor and innocent people on your clothes. You didn’t kill them for breaking into your home.
• Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed when they do disgusting things? No, they’re not ashamed. They don’t even know how to blush. So they will die with those who die. They will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
• Leviticus 17:13“If Israelites or foreigners hunt any animal or bird that may be eaten, they must pour out the animal’s blood and cover it with dirt.
• Deuteronomy 12:16But never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground like water.
• Job 16:18“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Don’t ever let my cry ⌞for justice⌟ be stopped.
• Isaiah 26:21The Lord is going to come out from his dwelling place to punish those who live on earth for their sins. The earth will uncover the blood shed on it and will no longer cover up its dead bodies.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For her blood is in the midst of her - She gloried in her idol sacrifices; she offered them upon a rock, where the blood should remain evident; and she poured none upon the ground to cover it with dust, in horror of that moral evil that required the blood of an innocent creature to be shed, in order to the atonement of the offender's guilt. To "cover the blood of the victim," was a command of the law, Leviticus 17:13; Deuteronomy 12:24.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The top of a rock - The blood was poured upon a naked, dry, rock where it could not be absorbed or unnoticed.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. 77. upon the top of a rock--or, "the dry, bare, exposed rock," so as to be conspicuous to all. Blood poured on a rock is not so soon absorbed as blood poured on the earth. The law ordered the blood even of a beast or fowl to be "covered with the dust" (Le 17:13); but Jerusalem was so shameless as to be at no pains to cover up the blood of innocent men slain in her. Blood, as the consummation of all sin, presupposes every other form of guilt.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