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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 24 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Ezekiel 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/23.htm" title="Ezekiel 23">◄</a> Ezekiel 24 <a href="../ezekiel/25.htm" title="Ezekiel 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Corroded Cooking Pot</h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.1" class="v26_24_1">1</span>On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of our exile, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to me. </span><span class="v26_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.2" class="v26_24_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.24.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Mortal man,” he said, “write down today's date, because this is the day that the king of Babylonia is beginning the siege of Jerusalem. </span><span class="v26_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.3" class="v26_24_3">3</span>Tell my rebellious people this parable that I, the Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have for them:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v26_24_3">Set the pot on the fire</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v26_24_3">and fill it up with water.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v26_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.4" class="v26_24_4">4</span>Put in the best pieces of meat—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v26_24_4">the shoulders and the legs—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v26_24_4">fill it with choice bony pieces too.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v26_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.5" class="v26_24_5">5</span>Use the meat of the finest sheep;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v26_24_5">pile the wood<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.24.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> under the pot.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v26_24_5">Let the water boil;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v26_24_5">boil the bones and the meat.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.6" class="v26_24_6">6</span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span> is saying: “The city of murderers is doomed! It is like a corroded pot that is never cleaned. Piece after piece of meat is taken out, and not one is left. </span><span class="v26_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.7" class="v26_24_7">7</span>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><span class="v26_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.8" class="v26_24_8">8</span>I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.9" class="v26_24_9">9</span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span> is saying: “The city of murderers is doomed! I myself will pile up the firewood. </span><span class="v26_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.10" class="v26_24_10">10</span>Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth!<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.24.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Burn up the bones! </span><span class="v26_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.11" class="v26_24_11">11</span>Now set the empty bronze pot on the coals and let it get red-hot. Then the pot will be ritually pure again after the corrosion is burned off, </span><span class="v26_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.12" class="v26_24_12">12</span>although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.24.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v26_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.13" class="v26_24_13">13</span>Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger. </span><span class="v26_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.14" class="v26_24_14">14</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done.” The Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span> has spoken.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Death of the Prophet's Wife</h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.15" class="v26_24_15">15</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to me. </span><span class="v26_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.16" class="v26_24_16">16</span>“Mortal man,” he said, “with one blow I am going to take away the person you love most. You are not to complain or cry or shed any tears. </span><span class="v26_24_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.17" class="v26_24_17">17</span>Don't let your sobbing be heard. Do not go bareheaded or barefoot as a sign of mourning. Don't cover your face or eat the food that mourners eat.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.18" class="v26_24_18">18</span>Early in the day I was talking with the people. That evening my wife died, and the next day I did as I had been told. </span><span class="v26_24_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.19" class="v26_24_19">19</span>The people asked me, “Why are you acting like this?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.20" class="v26_24_20">20</span>So I said to them, “The <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to me and told me </span><span class="v26_24_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.21" class="v26_24_21">21</span>to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war. </span><span class="v26_24_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.22" class="v26_24_22">22</span>Then you will do what I have done. You will not cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat. </span><span class="v26_24_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.23" class="v26_24_23">23</span>You will not go bareheaded or barefoot or mourn or cry. You will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan to one another. </span><span class="v26_24_24"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.24" class="v26_24_24">24</span>Then I will be a sign to you; you will do everything I have done. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> says that when this happens, you will know that he is the Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span>.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_24_25"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.25" class="v26_24_25">25</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “Now, mortal man, I will take away from them the strong Temple that was their pride and joy, which they liked to look at and to visit. And I will take away their sons and daughters. </span><span class="v26_24_26"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.26" class="v26_24_26">26</span>On the day that I do this, some who escape the destruction will come and tell you about it. </span><span class="v26_24_27"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.24.27" class="v26_24_27">27</span>That same day you will get back the power of speech which you had lost, and you will talk with them. In this way you will be a sign to the people, and they will know that I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.5: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">wood; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">bones.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Boil away the broth!; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.12: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 12 in Hebrew begins with two words, the meaning of which is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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