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| 1On January 15, during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD: | 1In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2“Son of man, write down today’s date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem. | 2“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. |
| 3Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign LORD: “Put a pot on the fire, and pour in some water. | 3And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also; |
| 4Fill it with choice pieces of meat— the rump and the shoulder and all the most tender cuts. | 4put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. |
| 5Use only the best sheep from the flock, and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot. Bring the pot to a boil, and cook the bones along with the meat. | 5Take the choicest one of the flock; pile the logs under it; boil it well; seethe also its bones in it. |
| 6“Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! She is a cooking pot whose corruption can’t be cleaned out. Take the meat out in random order, for no piece is better than another. | 6“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. |
| 7For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. It isn’t even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it! | 7For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. |
| 8So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her. | 8To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. |
| 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. | 9Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. |
| 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. | 10Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up. |
| 11Now set the empty pot on the coals. Heat it red hot! Burn away the filth and corruption. | 11Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. |
| 12But it’s hopeless; the corruption can’t be cleaned out. So throw it into the fire. | 12She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! |
| 13Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied. | 13On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you. |
| 14“I, the LORD, have spoken! The time has come, and I won’t hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign LORD.” The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife | 14I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord GOD.” |
| 15Then this message came to me from the LORD: | 15The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 16“Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears. | 16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. |
| 17Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.” | 17Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.” |
| 18So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do. | 18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded. |
| 19Then the people asked, “What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?” | 19And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” |
| 20So I said to them, “A message came to me from the LORD, | 20Then I said to them, “The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 21and I was told to give this message to the people of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will defile my Temple, the source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judah will be slaughtered by the sword. | 21‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. |
| 22Then you will do as Ezekiel has done. You will not mourn in public or console yourselves by eating the food brought by friends. | 22And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. |
| 23Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done. | 23Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. |
| 24Ezekiel is an example for you; you will do just as he has done. And when that time comes, you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.” | 24Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’ |
| 25Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold—their joy and glory, their heart’s desire, their dearest treasure—I will also take away their sons and daughters. | 25“As for you, son of man, surely on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul’s desire, and also their sons and daughters, |
| 26And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened. | 26on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. |
| 27And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” | 27On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.” |
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