Ezekiel 24:3
What does Ezekiel 24:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 24:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set <FI>it<Fi> on, and also to pour into it water,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water in it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
- Isaiah 30:9
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;
- Ezekiel 24:6
Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.
- Ezekiel 2:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day.
- Micah 2:4
In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
- Ezekiel 11:3
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
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