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It isn’t even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For her blood [that she has shed] remains in her midst; She put it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn&#8217t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people of Jerusalem murdered innocent people in the city and didn't even try to cover up the blood that flowed out on the hard ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Blood is still in that city. The blood was poured on a bare rock. It wasn't poured on the ground where dust would cover it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There was murder in the city, but the blood was not spilled on the ground where the dust could hide it; it was spilled on a bare rock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Her blood was in it. She poured it out onto bare rock. She didn't pour it out on the ground, intending to cover it with dirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“For the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For her blood has been in her midst, "" She has set it on a clear place of a rock, "" She has not poured it on the earth, "" To cover it over with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For her blood was in the midst of her; she set it upon a dry rock; she poured it not forth upon the earth to cover over it with dust;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For her blood is in her midst; she has shed it upon the smoothest rock. She has not shed it upon the ground, so that it could be covered with dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For her blood is still in her midst; on a bare rock she left it; She did not pour it on the ground to be covered with dirt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is inside it; she placed it on a bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground, to cover it with earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the blood is still in the midst of her; she splashed it upon the rock; she poured it not upon the ground to cover it with dust,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because her blood was within her, and I put it upon the stone and I did not pour it on the ground, that it would not be hidden in the dust<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6951" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/24.htm">The Parable of the Cooking Pot</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ḏā·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood she shed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">still within her;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·mā·ṯə·hū (V-Qal-Perf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">she poured it out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6706.htm" title="6706: ṣə·ḥî·aḥ (N-msc) -- A shining or glaring surface. From tsachach; glaring, i.e. Exposed to the bright sun.">the bare</a> <a href="/hebrew/5553.htm" title="5553: se·la‘ (N-ms) -- A crag, cliff. From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively.">rock;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">she did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šə·p̄ā·ḵaṯ·hū (V-Qal-Perf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">pour</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">it on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">to cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ‘ā·p̄ār (N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">it with dust.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></span><br />When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a></span><br />Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a></span><br />Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a></span><br />“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a></span><br />And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a></span><br />For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-24.htm">Hebrews 12:24</a></span><br />to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-18.htm">Job 16:18</a></span><br />O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/21-1.htm">Deuteronomy 21:1-9</a></span><br />If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, / your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. / Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a></span><br />And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For her blood is in the middle of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she poured it not on the ground, to cover it with dust;</p><p class="hdg">her blood</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a></b></br> And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></b></br> The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide <i>it</i> not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a></b></br> Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.</p><p class="hdg">she poured</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Leviticus 17:13</a></b></br> And whatsoever man <i>there be</i> of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Deuteronomy 12:16,24</a></b></br> Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-18.htm">Job 16:18</a></b></br> O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-34.htm">Draining</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-5.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-3.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-4.htm">Top</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-17.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Draining</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-15.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Top</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-1.htm">Under the parable of a boiling pot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-15.htm">By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-19.htm">is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the blood she shed is still within her;</b><br>This phrase refers to the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants, symbolizing the guilt and unrepentant sin that remains unaddressed. In biblical context, bloodshed often signifies violence and injustice, which were rampant in Jerusalem at the time. The imagery of blood being "still within her" suggests that the city has not sought atonement or repentance for its sins. This can be connected to <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a>, where Abel's blood cries out from the ground, indicating that God is aware of injustice and holds people accountable.<p><b>she poured it out on the bare rock;</b><br>Pouring blood on a bare rock instead of the ground signifies a blatant and shameless display of sin. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, blood was considered sacred and was typically covered with dust to show respect and to prevent defilement (<a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Leviticus 17:13</a>). The act of pouring it on a rock indicates a public and unrepentant attitude towards sin, highlighting the people's disregard for God's laws and the sanctity of life.<p><b>she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the failure to follow the proper ritual of covering blood with dust, as prescribed in <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Leviticus 17:13</a>. Covering blood with dust was a way to show respect for life and acknowledge the seriousness of taking a life. By not doing so, the people of Jerusalem demonstrate their contempt for divine commandments and their lack of remorse. This act of defiance is a metaphor for their spiritual state, showing a hardened heart and a refusal to seek forgiveness. The imagery also foreshadows the judgment that will come upon them, as their sins are exposed and unatoned.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city being addressed in this passage, symbolizing the people of Israel and their spiritual state.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period during which the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as the backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bloodshed.htm">Bloodshed</a></b><br>Represents the violence and sin of Jerusalem, which is openly exposed and unrepented.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/bare_rock.htm">Bare Rock</a></b><br>Symbolizes the blatant and shameless nature of Jerusalem's sins, as they are not hidden or covered.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin, especially violence and bloodshed, is not hidden from God. It demands accountability and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_exposure_of_sin.htm">Public Exposure of Sin</a></b><br>Just as the blood was poured on the bare rock, our sins, if unrepented, will be exposed. We must seek forgiveness and cover our sins with the blood of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God is just and will not ignore sin. His justice requires that sin be addressed, either through repentance or judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_atonement.htm">Repentance and Atonement</a></b><br>The need to cover sin with dust symbolizes the importance of repentance and seeking atonement through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_righteously.htm">Living Righteously</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness, avoiding actions that lead to spiritual defilement.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_sun_moon.htm">What does the Bible say about sun and moon changes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_a_cosmic_event_darken_stars_in_egypt.htm">Ezekiel 32:7 - Is there any scientific or historical evidence of a cosmic event so severe that it literally darkened the stars during Egypt's defeat?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/revelation_8_7__hail,_fire,_blood_possible.htm">In Revelation 8:7, how is hail and fire mixed with blood possible, and has anything like this been documented in history or science?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_rev_8_12's_darkening_occur.htm">In Revelation 8:12, how does a third of the sun, moon, and stars darken without affecting the rest of creation or appearing in other historical records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Upon the top of a rock.</span>--Crimes of violence are continually charged upon Jerusalem (<a href="/context/ezekiel/22-12.htm" title="In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 22:12-13</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm" title="That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.">Ezekiel 23:37</a>, &c.)<span class= "ital">, </span>but here she is further reproached with such indifference to these crimes that she did not even care to cover them decently. It was required in the law that the blood even of the sacrifices (<a href="/leviticus/4-7.htm" title="And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.">Leviticus 4:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-15.htm" title="Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:">Leviticus 16:15</a>, &c.) and of animals slain for food (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm" title="Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth as water.">Deuteronomy 12:16</a>) should be poured upon the ground, that it might be absorbed and covered out of sight; but Jerusalem had put the blood of her victims upon the hard rock, and not even covered it with dust, thus glorying in her shame. (Comp. <a href="/job/16-18.htm" title="O earth, cover not you my blood, and let my cry have no place.">Job 16:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm" title="For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.">Isaiah 26:21</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - The parable is for a moment interrupted, and Jerusalem is the murderess who has shed blood, not where the earth might cover it (<a href="/job/16-18.htm">Job 16:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a>), but as on the top of a rock visible in the sight of all men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood she shed</span><br /><span class="heb">דָמָהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">still within her;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוֹכָ֣הּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she poured it out</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂמָ֑תְהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(śā·mā·ṯə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bare</span><br /><span class="heb">צְחִ֥יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḥî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6706.htm">Strong's 6706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Glaring, exposed to the bright sun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rock;</span><br /><span class="heb">סֶ֖לַע</span> <span class="translit">(se·la‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A craggy rock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pour</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁפָכַ֙תְהוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·p̄ā·ḵaṯ·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to cover</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכַסּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it with dust.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָפָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·p̄ār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 24:7 For her blood is in the midst (Ezek. 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