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¹ Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,² Son of man, Write for thee the name of the day, [even] of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.³ And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:⁴ Gather its pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.⁵ 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.⁶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.⁷ 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;⁸ That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.⁹ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.¹⁰ Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.¹¹ Then set it empty upon its coals, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and [that] the filthiness of it may be melted in it, [that] the scum of it may be consumed.¹² She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.¹³ In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.¹⁴ I the LORD have spoken [it]; it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁵ Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,¹⁶ Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.¹⁷ Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thy head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.¹⁹ And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these [things are] to us, that thou doest [so]?²⁰ Then I answered them, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,²¹ Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellence of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.²² And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.²³ And your tires [shall be] upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one towards another.²⁴ Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.²⁵ Also, thou son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,²⁶ [That] he that escapeth in that day shall come to thee, to cause [thee] to hear [it] with [thy] ears?²⁷ In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him who hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign to them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.