New English Translation
Ezekiel 24:10
10Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.
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
8To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up. 9“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high. Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred. 11Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed. 12It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!
Read all of Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 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 the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land.
- Jeremiah 20:5I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.
- Lamentations 1:10An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple – those whom you had commanded: “They must not enter your assembly place.” כ (Kaf)
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin)
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
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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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