Text -- Ezekiel 24:1-11 (NET)

The Boiling Pot

24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: 24:2 “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. 24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too; 24:4 add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. 24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it. 24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it. 24:7 For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust. 24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up. 24:9 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high. 24:10 Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred. 24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 24:1

¹ tn The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.

NET Notes: Eze 24:2

¹ tn Heb “lean on, put pressure on.”

² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Eze 24:3

¹ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

² sn See Ezek 11:3-12.

NET Notes: Eze 24:6

¹ tn Or “rust.”

² tn Heb “has not gone out.”

³ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

NET Notes: Eze 24:11

¹ tn Heb “set it upon its coals, empty.”

² tn Or “rust” (so also in v. 12).