George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 24:5
The, &c. Literally, "its boiling has grown hot;" the citizens suffer terribly. --- Bones. Hebrew hatsamim, (Haydock) may denote the more solid meat.
The, &c. Literally, "its boiling has grown hot;" the citizens suffer terribly. --- Bones. Hebrew hatsamim, (Haydock) may denote the more solid meat.
Verse Ezekiel 24:5. _MAKE IT BOIL WELL_] Let it boil over, that its own scum may augment the fire, that the _bones_ - the soldiers, may be _seethed_ _therein_. Let its contentions, divided counsels, a...
BURN - Rather, as in margin; the bones would serve for fuel....
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
EZEKIEL 24. THE LAST MESSAGE BEFORE THE FALL OF THE CITY. Ezekiel 24:1. The Rusty Caldron. We now reach the last message delivered by Ezekiel before the fall of the city; and, curiously enough, it was...
BURN. pile up. BONES. Ginsburg thinks we should read "wood". them. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "him"....
_burn also the bones_ A PILE ALSO OF WOOD UNDER IT. If "pile" could be read as a verb, _and pile also wood_, the construction would be easier. In spite of the versions _wood_must be substituted for "b...
The rusted caldron set on the fire (1) Ezekiel 24:1. A caldron is to be set on the fire, filled with water, pieces of flesh cast into it and fuel piled under it that it may boil furiously. The caldro...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
A. The Parable of the Cooking Pot 24:1-14 TRANSLATION (1) And the word of the LORD came unto me in the ninth year, the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying, (2) Son of man, write for yours...
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. BURN ALSO THE BONES - rather, 'pile [ duwr (H1754)] the bones; '...
24:5 bones; (a-18) Or 'and also the bones, in a pile at the bottom of it.'...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
BURN.. THE BONES, etc.] We must read either with RV 'pile.. the bones under it '(the flesh), or. 'burn.. the wood under it '(the caldron). The bones were in the pot, not below it....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
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 ver...
מִבְחַ֤ר הַ צֹּאן֙ לָקֹ֔וחַ וְ גַ֛ם דּ֥וּר
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
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 o...
The parable of a boiling pot, with the choice pieces boiled over the fire, and then left to burn, became a very striking representation of the fiery indignation of the Lord against Jerusalem. Her scum...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
TAKE THE CHOICE OF THE FLOCK,.... King, princes, nobles, magistrates, priests and rulers of the people: AND BURN ALSO THE BONES UNDER IT: or, "put a pile of bones under it" u; the bones of them that...
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. Ver. 5. _Take the choice of the flock._] The king and his peers....
_Utter a parable unto the rebellious house_ Though the house of Judah has as yet paid no due regard to what thou and the rest of the prophets have uttered or done; nevertheless, still further represen...
Take the choice of the flock, of all small cattle, AND BURN ALSO THE BONES UNDER IT, literally, "a rounded heap of kindling-wood under it for the bones," which may indicate that dry bones were mingled...
VISION OF THE BOILING CALDRON...
BURN: Or, heap...
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 transgression...
TAKE THE CHOICE; pick out the very best in the flock, that is, the greatest, richest, most powerful for authority and interest in the nation and city. BURN; or, heap together in order to burn, to make...
Ezekiel 24:5 Take H3947 (H8800) choice H4005 flock H6629 pile H1754 bones H6106 boil H7570 (H8761) well...
“And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, set on the cauldron, set it on, and also pour water into it. Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_Set on a pot._ THE BOILING CAULDRON: THE DOINGS AND DOOM OF A WICKED CITY I. The sins of any city are an offence to God. 1. Seen by Him. The whole city in its greed for gain, its intemperance, its...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
(Ezekiel 24:3.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet illustrates the destruction of Jerusalem by the allegory of a cauldron which he was to set on the fire, and having put water into it, to boil therein choi...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
Ezekiel 20:47; Ezekiel 24:10; Ezekiel 24:9; Ezekiel 34:16; Ezeki
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 an...