Ezekiel 24:5
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New International Version (©1984)
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 (©2007)
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 (©2001)
Take the choicest one of the flock; pile the logs under it; boil it well; seethe also its bones in it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
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.

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.

American King James Version
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.

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.

Bible in Basic English
Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.

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.

Darby Bible Translation
take the choice of the flock; and also put a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.

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.

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 caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.

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.

Geneva Study Bible

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the {e} bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.

(e) Meaning, of the innocents whom they had slain, who were the cause of the kindling of God's wrath against them.

Wesley's Notes

24:5 The bones - Not of the pieces to be boiled, but of the many innocents murdered in Jerusalem; for their blood crieth for vengeance, and their bones scattered on the face of the earth, will both make and maintain this fire.

King James Translators' Notes

burn: or, heap

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. burn . bones-rather, "pile the bones." Literally, "Let there be a round pile of the bones."

therein-literally, "in the midst of it."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:1-14 The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgressions, as the scum, which rises by the heat of the fire, is taken from the top of the pot. But they grew worse, and their miseries increased. Jerusalem was to be levelled with the ground. The time appointed for the punishment of wicked men may seem to come slowly, but it will come surely. It is sad to think how many there are, on whom ordinances and providences are all lost.


Jeremiah 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 52:10 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:24 Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. (NASB ©1995)

Beneath Best Bits Boil Boiled Boiling Bones Burn Caldron Choice Choicest Cook Cooked Flock Inside Logs Midst Pieces Pile Pot Seethe Seethed Therein Thereof Thoroughly Vigorously Wood


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 Eze 20:47 34:16,17,20 Jer 39:6 52:10,24-27 Re 19:20

burn. or, heap Eze 24:9,10

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