Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 24:3
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a (c) pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:
(c) By which was meant Jerusalem.
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a (c) pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:
(c) By which was meant Jerusalem.
Verse Ezekiel 24:3. _SET ON A POT_] The _pot_ was Jerusalem; the _flesh_, the inhabitants in general; _every good piece, the thigh_ and _the_ _shoulder_, King Zedekiah and his family; the _bones_, th...
A POT - Or, the caldron; with reference to Ezekiel 11:3. The prophet indicates by the figure utter destruction. The caldron is the city, the fire is the surrounding army, the flesh and bones are the i...
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 LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. POT: or, caldron, using the words of the scoffers in Ezekiel 11:3, and compare Jeremiah 1:13....
_Set on a pot_ THE caldron....
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...
SET ON A POT— The _pot_ signifies Jerusalem, the _flesh_ and _pieces_ the citizens, and the _fire_ and _water_ the calamities which they were to suffer. When the subject required secrecy, the apologue...
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...
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: SET ON A POT - caldron. Alluding to the self-confide...
POT] RV 'caldron': so in Ezekiel 24:6....
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...
UTTER A PARABLE. — What follows (Ezekiel 24:3) was not a symbolical action, but was simply a parable spoken to the people, although the language is just that which would describe action. SET ON A POT....
וּ מְשֹׁ֤ל אֶל ־בֵּית ־הַ מֶּ֨רִי֙ מָשָׁ֔ל
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...
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...
AND UTTER A PARABLE TO THE REBELLIOUS HOUSE,.... The people of the Jews so called, not so much on account of their rebellion against the king of Babylon, which caused him to come against them, as on a...
_And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:_ Ver. 3. _Set on a pot._] _Deus cum propheta loquit...
_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...
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, literally, "the house of rebelliousness," for the exiled Jews were, on the whole, still filled with stubborn resentment, AND SAY UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH TH...
VISION OF THE BOILING CALDRON...
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...
UTTER A PARABLE; in somewhat a dark, yet apt similitude, or in an allegory, declare what they should know and consider. REBELLIOUS HOUSE: see EZEKIEL 2:3,6. Set on a pot; set upon the fire a pot, or c...
Ezekiel 24:3 utter H4911 (H8798) parable H4912 rebellious H4805 house H1004 say H559 (H8804) says H559 ...
“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...
Acts 7:51; Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 12:2; Ezekiel 12:25; Ezekiel 17:12;...