Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
New American Standard Bible
‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“
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.
A Conservative Version
Therefore thus says lord LORD: 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 saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 30:33
For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Ezekiel 24:6
Wherefore 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.
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Isaiah 31:9
And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:19-22
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Luke 13:34-35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
2 Thessalonians 1:8
rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
2 Peter 3:7-12
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 14:20
And the winepress are trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Revelation 16:6
for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
Revelation 16:19
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation 21:8
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part'shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.