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Ezekiel 24

  1. 1Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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  2. 2Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
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  3. 3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
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  4. 4Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
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  5. 5Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
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  6. 6Wherefore thus says 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.
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  7. 7For 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;
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  8. 8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
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  9. 9Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
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  10. 10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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  11. 11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
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  12. 12She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
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  13. 13In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon you.
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  14. 14I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord GOD.
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  15. 15Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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  16. 16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of yours eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
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  17. 17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the head decoration of yours head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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  18. 18So I spoke unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
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  19. 19And the people said unto me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
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  20. 20Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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  21. 21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom all of you have left shall fall by the sword.
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  22. 22And all of you shall do as I have done: all of you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
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  23. 23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: all of you shall not mourn nor weep; but all of you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
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  24. 24Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he has done shall all of you do: and when this comes, all of you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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  25. 25Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
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  26. 26That he that escapes in that day shall come unto you, to cause you to hear it with yours ears?
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  27. 27In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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