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Ezekiel 24:10
10Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat with many spices, and afterward burn the bones.
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
8So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her. 9“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her. Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat with many spices, and afterward burn the bones. 11Now set the empty pot on the coals. Heat it red hot! Burn away the filth and corruption. 12But it’s hopeless; the corruption can’t be cleaned out. So throw it into 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 17:3So I will hand over my holy mountain— along with all your wealth and treasures and your pagan shrines— as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land.
- Jeremiah 20:5And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city—the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings—will be carried off to Babylon.
- Lamentations 1:10The enemy has plundered her completely, taking every precious thing she owns. She has seen foreigners violate her sacred Temple, the place the Lord had forbidden them to enter.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”
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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