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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 24:10

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cooking;   Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Food;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Log;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire (kindle);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Boil (2);   Consume;   Heap;   Pile;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cookery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!Cook the meat welland mix in the spices!Let the bones be burned!
Hebrew Names Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
King James Version
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
English Standard Version
Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
New American Standard Bible
"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.
New Century Version
Pile up the wood and light the fire. Finish cooking the meat. Mix in the spices, and let the bones burn.
Amplified Bible
"Heap on wood, kindle the fire, Boil the meat well [done] And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.
World English Bible
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heape on much wood: kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.
Legacy Standard Bible
Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,Completely cook the fleshAnd mix in the spicesAnd let the bones be burned.
Contemporary English Version
so bring more wood and light it. Cook the meat and boil away the broth to let the bones scorch.
Complete Jewish Bible
heap on the wood, light it, cook the meat and add the spices — the bones can just be burned.
Darby Translation
Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Easy-to-Read Version
Put plenty of wood under the pot. Light the fire. Cook the meat until it is well done. Mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will kindle the fire, and the flesh shall be cooked and seethe, and the bones shall be burned.
Good News Translation
Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth! Burn up the bones!
Lexham English Bible
Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish cooking the meat, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned.
Literal Translation
and heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the spice, and let the bones be burned.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
beare thou ye bones together, kyndle thou the fyre, seeth the flesh, let all be well sodde, that the bones maye be suckte out.
American Standard Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Bible in Basic English
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;
King James Version (1611)
Heape on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burnt.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And set much wood, and kindle the fire, and seeth the fleshe, & spice the pot, so that the very bones shalbe brent.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
English Revised Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
gadere thou togidire boonys, whiche Y schal kyndle with fier; fleischis schulen be wastid, and al the settyng togidere schal be sodun, and boonys schulen faile.
Update Bible Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Webster's Bible Translation
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
New English Translation
Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.
New King James Version
Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be burned up.
New Living Translation
Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat with many spices, and afterward burn the bones.
New Life Bible
Put on more and more wood, and make the fire burn. Boil the meat well. Mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
New Revised Standard
Heap up the logs, kindle the fire; boil the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be burned.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Heap on the wood Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Heap together the bones, which I will burn with fire: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.
Revised Standard Version
Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil well the flesh, and empty out the broth, and let the bones be burned up.
Young's Literal Translation
Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

Contextual Overview

1In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2"Son of man, write down today's date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem. 3Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water. 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. 7For 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. 8In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.' 9Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high. 10Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spice: Jeremiah 17:3, Jeremiah 20:5, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:16

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:13 - I will wipe Ezekiel 24:5 - burn

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:5
The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"
Genesis 24:6
Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 24:22
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Heap on wood, kindle the fire,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the siege, encompass the city, begin their attacks, and throw in their stones out of their slings and engines, and arrows from their bows:

consume the flesh; not entirely, since it is afterwards to be spiced; but thoroughly boil it; denoting the severe sufferings the inhabitants should undergo before their utter ruin:

spice it well; pepper them off; batter their walls, beat down their houses, distress them by all manner of ways and means; signifying that this would be grateful to the Lord, as his justice would be glorified in the destruction of this people; and as the plunder of them would be like a spiced and sweet morsel to the enemy; whose appetites would hereby be sharpened and become keen, and to whom the sacking and plundering the city would be as agreeable as well seasoned meat to a hungry man:

and let the bones be burnt; either under it, or rather in it; even the strongest and most powerful among the people destroyed, who should hold out the longest in the siege. The Targum of the whole is,

"multiply kings; gather an army; order the auxiliaries, and prepare against her warriors, and let her mighty ones be confounded.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consume ... spice it well - i. e., “dress the flesh, and make it froth and bubble, that the bones and the flesh may be all boiled up together.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 24:10. Heap on wood — Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.


 
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