Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
New American Standard Bible
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
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I also will make the pile great.
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Holman Bible
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
I Myself will make the pile of kindling large.
International Standard Version
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "How terrible it is for that blood-filled city I'm also going to add to my pile of kindling.
American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Amplified
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the bloody city!
I will also make the pile [of wood] high.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
Darby Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of bloods! I will make her pile great
King James 2000
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe [to] the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great!
Modern King James verseion
So the Lord Jehovah says this: Woe to the bloody city! I will even heap on the pile.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: O woe be unto that bloodthirsty city, for whom I will prepare a heap of wood.
NET Bible
"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.
New Heart English Bible
"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Woe to the bloody city. I also will make the pile great.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed, - Even I myself, will make large the pe.
Webster
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
World English Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood, yea, I -- I make great the pile.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 30:33
For a Topheth is prepared of old, yea, it is made ready for the king. He has made it deep and large. The pile of it is fire and much wood. The breath of LORD kindles it, like a stream of brimstone.
Ezekiel 24:6
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it.
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Isaiah 31:9
And his rock shall pass away because of terror, and his rulers shall be dismayed at the ensign, says LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:19-22
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Because ye have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem
Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way upon their heads, says lord LORD.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine. The prey departs not.
Luke 13:34-35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings, and ye would not.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:7-12
But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.
Jude 1:7
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 14:20
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Revelation 16:6
Because they poured out the blood of the sanctified and prophets, and thou have given them blood to drink--they are deserving.
Revelation 16:19
And the great city became in three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And the great Babylon was remembered before God, to give to it the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger.
Revelation 21:8
But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.