Ezekiel 24:5
What does Ezekiel 24:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 24:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890take the choice of the flock; and also [put] a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.
Context
v.4gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
v.5This passage
v.6Wherefore 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
- Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:24
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- Ezekiel 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
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