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chapter 24
1
And
the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the
tenth day of the month, saying:
2 Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which
the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day.
3 And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the
provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it
on, I say, and put water into it.
4 Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good
piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.
5 Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles
of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof
are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody
city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast
it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed
it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be
covered with dust.
8 And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and
take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should
not be covered.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody
city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
10 Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are:
the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the
bones shall be consumed.
11 Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be
hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in
the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed.
12 Great pains have been taken, and the great rust
thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
13 Thy uncleanness is execrable: be- cause I desired to
cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou
be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.
14 I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I
will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee
according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.
15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
16 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of
thy eyes with a stroke: and thou shalt not lament, nor weep : neither shall thy
tears run down.
17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let
the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy
face, nor eat the meat of mourners.
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife
died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.
19 And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us
what these things mean that thou doest?
20 And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me,
saying:
21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord
God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing
that your eyes de sire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your
daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.
22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover
your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on
your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your
iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.
24 And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things
to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall
come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I
will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the
desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their
daughters.
26 In that day when he that escapeth shall come to
thee, to tell thee:
27 In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened to him
that hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and shalt be silent no more: and thou
shalt be unto them for a sign of things to come, and you shall know that I am
the Lord.
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