Ezekiel 24

1Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, the word of the Yahuah came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, write you the name of the day, of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. 3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set on, and also pour water into it: 4Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill with the choice bones. 5Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. 6therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7For 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; 8That 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. 9Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. 10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. 11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and the filthiness of it may be molten in it, the scum of it may be consumed. 12She has wearied with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum in the fire. 13In your filthiness lewdness: because I have purged you, and you wast not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon you. 14I the Yahuah have spoken : it shall come to pass, and I will do ; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord GOD. 15Also the word of the Yahuah came unto me, saying, 16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down. 17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and cover not lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19And the people said unto me, will you not tell us what these to us, that you doest ? 20Then I answered them, The word of the Yahuah came unto me, saying, 21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency 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. 22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23And your tires 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 toward another. 24Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he has done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I the Lord GOD. 25Also, you son of man, not in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 26he that escapeth in that day shall come unto you, to cause to hear with ears? 27In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I the Yahuah.