The Parable of the Cooking Pot 1 UEB The word of Yahweh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, saying, BSB BSB: In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 UEB "Son of man, write for yourself the name of this day, this exact day, for this exact day the king of Babylon has besieged Jerusalem. BSB BSB: “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
3 UEB So speak a proverb against this rebellious house, a parable. Say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Place the cooking pot. Place it and pour water into it. BSB BSB: Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
4 UEB Gather pieces of food within it, every good piece—the thigh and shoulder— and fill it with the best bones. BSB BSB: Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
5 UEB Take the best of the flock and pile up the bones under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it. BSB BSB: Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
6 UEB Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the city of blood, a cooking pot that has rust in it and that rust will not come out of it. Take piece after piece from it, but do not cast lots for it. BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
7 UEB For her blood is in the midst of her. She has set it on the smooth rock; she has not poured it out on the ground to cover it with dust, BSB BSB: For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
8 UEB so it brings fury up to exact vengeance. I placed her blood on the smooth rock so it could not be covered. BSB BSB: In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
9 UEB Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the city of blood. I will also enlarge the pile of wood. BSB BSB: Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
10 UEB Stack up the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well and mix in the spices and let the bones be charred. BSB BSB: Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
11 UEB Then set the pot on its coals empty, in order to heat and scorch its bronze, so its uncleanness within it will be melted, its corrosion consumed.' BSB BSB: Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
12 UEB She has become weary because of toil, but her corrosion has not gone out of her by the fire. BSB BSB: It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
13 UEB Your shameful behavior is in your uncleanness. Because I tried to cleanse you but still you would not be cleansed from your uncleanness, you will not be cleansed anymore until I have satisfied my fury upon you. BSB BSB: Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
14 UEB I, Yahweh, have declared it, and I will do it. I will not relent nor will I rest from it. As your ways were, and as your activities, they will judge you!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration." BSB BSB: I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel’s Wife Dies 15 UEB Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
17 UEB You must groan silently. Do not conduct a funeral for the dead. Tie your turban on you and place your sandals on your feet, but do not veil your facial hair or eat the bread of men who mourn for having lost their wives." BSB BSB: Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
18 UEB So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I did what I had been commanded to do. BSB BSB: So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
19 UEB The people asked me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean, the things that you are doing?" BSB BSB: Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
20 UEB So I said to them, "The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
21 UEB 'Say to the house of Israel, the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will desecrate 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 will fall by the sword. BSB BSB: Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
22 UEB Then you will do exactly as I have done: you will not veil your facial hair, nor eat the bread of mourning men! BSB BSB: Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
23 UEB Instead, your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn nor weep, for you will melt away in your iniquities, and each man will groan for his brother. BSB BSB: Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
24 UEB So Ezekiel will be a sign for you, as everything that he has done you will do when this comes. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'" BSB BSB: ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
25 UEB "But you, son of man, on the day that I capture their temple, which is their joy, their pride, and what they see and desire—and when I take away their sons and daughters— BSB BSB: And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
26 UEB on that day, a refugee will come to you to give you the news! BSB BSB: on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
27 UEB On that day your mouth will be opened up to that refugee and you will speak—you will no longer be silent. You will be a sign for them so that they will know that I am Yahweh." BSB BSB: On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
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