The Parable of the Boiling Pot
And the word of Yahweh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, 2 “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has alaid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 Speak a aparable to the brebellious house, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“Put on the cpot, put it on and also pour water in it;
4 aPut in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
5 Take the achoicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it seethe vigorously.
Also boil its bones in it.”
6 ‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,
“Woe to the acity of blood,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
Without making a choice.
7 For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not apour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
8 That it may acause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”
9 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,
“aWoe to the city of blood!
I also will make the pile great.
10 Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
Completely cook the flesh
And mix in the spices
And let the bones be burned.
11 Then astand it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its buncleanness may be melted in it,
Its rust brought to a complete end.
12 She has awearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
13 In your uncleanness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are anot clean;
You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again
Until I have bcaused My wrath against you to be at rest.
14 I, Yahweh, have spoken; it is acoming, and I will act. I will not regret, and I will not bpity, and I will not relent; caccording to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”
Ezekiel’s Wife Dies as a Sign
15 And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the adesire of your eyes with a bblow; but you shall not cmourn, and you shall not weep, and your dtears shall not come. 17 Groan silently; make ano mourning for the dead. Bind on your headdress and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover your mustache and bdo not eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. 19 The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” 20 Then I said to them, “The word of Yahweh came to me saying, 21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the adesire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your bsons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. 22 And you will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache, and you will not eat the bread of men. 23 And your headdresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You awill not mourn, and you will not weep, but byou will rot away in your iniquities, and you will groan to one another. 24 Thus Ezekiel will be a awondrous sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am Lord Yahweh.’”
25 ‘Now as for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their astrong defense, the joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, and what lifts up their soul, their sons and their daughters, 26 that on that day he who aescapes will come to you with a report for your ears? 27 On that day your amouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a wondrous sign to them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”