Ezekiel 24:5
New International Version
take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

New Living Translation
Use only the best sheep from the flock, and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot. Bring the pot to a boil, and cook the bones along with the meat.

English Standard Version
Take the choicest one of the flock; pile the logs under it; boil it well; seethe also its bones in it.

Berean Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

King James Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

New King James Version
Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the cuts simmer in it.”

New American Standard Bible
“Take the choicest of the flock, And also stack wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also boil its bones in it.”

NASB 1995
“Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it.”

NASB 1977
“Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it seethe vigorously. Also boil its bones in it.”

Amplified Bible
“Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously And boil its bones in the pot.”

Christian Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.”

American Standard Version
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Set ablaze the bones under the pot and burn them under it

Brenton Septuagint Translation
which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.

Contemporary English Version
Pile wood underneath the pot, and let the meat and bones boil until they are done."

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it: make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be seethed in the midst of it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
selected from the best sheep. Pile wood under the pot. Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil. Cook the bones that are in it well.

Good News Translation
Use the meat of the finest sheep; pile the wood under the pot. Let the water boil; boil the bones and the meat."

International Standard Version
Take the best bones from the flock, pile wood under the pot for the bones, bring it to a boil, and then cook the bones in it."'"

JPS Tanakh 1917
Take the choice of the flock, And pile also the bones under it; Make it boil well, That the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.

Literal Standard Version
To take the choice of the flock, | And also to pile the bones under it, | Boil it thoroughly, indeed, cook its bones in its midst.

Majority Standard Bible
Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

New American Bible
Choose the pick of the flock, then pile logs beneath it; Bring it to a boil, cook all the pieces in it.

NET Bible
Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

New Revised Standard Version
Take the choicest one of the flock, pile the logs under it; boil its pieces, seethe also its bones in it.

New Heart English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst."'

Webster's Bible Translation
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.

World English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”

Young's Literal Translation
The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

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Context
The Parable of the Cooking Pot
4Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones. 5Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’ 6Therefore 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.…

Cross References
Genesis 25:29
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

Jeremiah 39:6
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:10
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:24
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.


Treasury of Scripture

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

the choice

Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Ezekiel 34:16,17,20
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment…

Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

burn.

Ezekiel 24:9,10
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great…

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Ezekiel 24
1. Under the parable of a boiling pot
6. is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15. By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19. is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow














(5) Burn also the bones under it.--It is uncertain whether this is or is not the exact sense. The word for "burn" means, as is shown in the margin, heap, and is a noun. This is taken by many with a verb implied, in the sense of "make a heap of wood to burn the bones." On the other hand, the sense of the text is that given in most of the ancient versions, and it is certain that bones, before the fat is extracted, may be used for fuel. It is better, therefore, to translate quite literally, heap the bones under it, leaving the same ambiguity as in the original as to whether the bones are to be burned upon the fuel or themselves used for fuel. In either case, the bones are those which are left after "the good pieces" have been put into the cauldron. No part of the people shall escape; the refuse alike with the choice is doomed to destruction.

Verse 5. - Burn also the bones under it; better, with the Vulgate and Revised Version, pile the bones. The bones of animals were often used as fuel. Currey quotes an interesting passage from Livingstone's 'Last Journal,' 1. p. 347, narrating how, when the supply of ordinary fuel failed, he made his steamer work with the bones of elephants. See a like practice among the Scythians (Herod., 4:61).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Take
לָק֔וֹחַ (lā·qō·w·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3947: To take

the choicest
מִבְחַ֤ר (miḇ·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4005: Choicest, best

of the flock
הַצֹּאן֙ (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and
וְגַ֛ם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

pile the fuel
דּ֥וּר (dūr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1754: A circle, ball, pile

beneath it.
תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ (taḥ·te·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

Bring it to a boil
רְתָחֶ֔יהָ (rə·ṯā·ḥe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7570: To boil

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

cook
בָּשְׁל֥וּ (bā·šə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1310: To boil up, cooking, to ripen

the bones
הָעֲצָמִ֖ים (hā·‘ă·ṣā·mîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

in it.’
בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre


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