Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
Ver. 4. Gather the pieces thereof into it.] Let people of all sorts flock into the city for safety sake, that there, as in a pot, they may be boiled by a long siege, and have sorrow enough.
THE PIECES THEREOF - Or, that belong to it; i. e., the pieces which are designed for the caldron, and belong to it as the inhabitants belong to the city. The choice pieces are the choice members of th...
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...
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...
_the pieces thereof_ those belonging to the caldron, which are to be boiled in it....
FILL IT WITH THE CHOICE BONES— _And every choice part which cleaveth to the bones._ Houbigant. The _bones,_ says Calmet, signify the _princes_ or _chief citizens,_ and the _flesh_ the _common people._...
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...
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...
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. GATHER THE PIECES THEREOF INTO IT - "the pieces thereof" - i:e., those which p...
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...
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...
THE PIECES THEREOF. — Literally, _its pieces,_ the pieces which pertain to the cauldron, the Jews, whose centre and capital is Jerusalem. This was the natural effect of Nebuchadnezzar’s campaign; the...
אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֨יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל ־נֵ֥תַח טֹ֖וב...
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...
Gather its (d) pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones. (d) That is the citizens and the chief men of it....
_Choice. Hebrew, "the choice of the bones," or the finest pieces separated from the bones, as the Septuagint and the sequel seem to require. (Calmet) --- The bones might serve to burn, ver. 5. (Haydoc...
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...
GATHER THE PIECES THEREOF INTO IT,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meani...
_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...
VISION OF THE BOILING CALDRON...
gather the pieces thereof into it, those which properly belong into such a caldron for specified purposes. EVEN EVERY GOOD PIECE, THE THIGH, AND THE SHOULDER; FILL IT WITH THE CHOICE BONES, those havi...
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...
THE PIECES; which are to put into this pot. EVERY GOOD PIECE, i.e. all the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who in the time of this invasion will flee from their country-houses to...
Ezekiel 24:4 Gather H622 (H8798) pieces H5409 good H2896 piece H5409 thigh H3409 shoulder H3802 Fill H4390 ...
“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 22:18; Micah 3:2; Micah 3:3; Matthew 7:2...
Every good piece — All the chief of the inhabitants of the land, the wealthiest, who will fly from their country — houses to live in safety in Jerusalem: the most war — like, who will betake themselve...