Text -- Ezekiel 24:1-5 (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.

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.