Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously
And boil its bones in the pot.”
New American Standard Bible
And also pile
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”
King James Version
Take 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.
Holman Bible
and also pile up the fuel
Bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”
International Standard Version
Take the best bones from the flock, pile wood under the pot for the bones, bring it to a boil, and then cook the bones in it."'"
A Conservative Version
Take 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 of it be boiled in the midst of it.
American Standard Version
Take 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.
Bible in Basic English
Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.
Darby Translation
take 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.
Julia Smith Translation
Take the choice of the flock and also wheel the bones under it, boil its boilings; also they cooked the bones in the midst of it
King James 2000
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe its bones in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; {boil it vigorously}; indeed, its bones boiled in the midst of it." '"
Modern King James verseion
Take the choice of the flock, and also burn the bones under it; make it boil high, and let them boil its bones in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take one of the best sheep, and a heap of bones withal: let it boil well, and let the bones seethe well therein.
NET Bible
Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.
New Heart English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst."'
The Emphasized Bible
Take of the choice of the rock, Moreover also pe of bones place under it,- Bo the pieces thereof, Yea let the bones of it seethe in the midst thereof.
Webster
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.
World English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.
Youngs Literal Translation
The 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.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Interlinear
Laqach
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
4
“Put in it the pieces [of meat],
Every good piece (the people of Jerusalem), the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously
And boil its bones in the pot.”
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe (judgment is coming) to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece by piece,
Without making any choice.
Cross References
Jeremiah 52:10
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah at Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:24-27
Then the captain of the guard took [as prisoners] Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three doorkeepers.
Jeremiah 39:6
Then at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every one of your green trees, as well as every one of your dry trees. The blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from the south to the north will be burned by it.
Ezekiel 24:9-10
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the bloody city!
I will also make the pile [of wood] high.
Ezekiel 34:16-17
“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.
Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I Myself will judge between the [well-fed] fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.