New English Translation
Ezekiel 24:6
6“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.
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
4add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. 5Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it. “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it. 7For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust. 8To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.
Read all of Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 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 sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.
- Ezekiel 11:6You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’
- Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!
- Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.
- 2 Kings 21:16Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 24:4Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.
- Micah 7:2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
- Matthew 23:35so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Revelation 11:7When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.
- Revelation 17:6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.
- Revelation 18:24The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”
- Ezekiel 24:11Set 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.
- Jeremiah 6:29The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.
- Ezekiel 9:5While I listened, he said to the others, “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!
- Ezekiel 11:7Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat, and this city is the cooking 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
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