1-5 Under the parable of a boiling pot 6-14 is shewn the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem 15-18 By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife 19-27 is shewn the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow

A.M. 3414 C.C. 590 the ninth year. This was the ninth year of Zedekiah, about Thursday, january 30, A.M. 3414, the very day in which Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem Eze 1:2 8:1 20:1 26:1 29:1,17 31:1 32:1,17 33:21 40:1 2Ki 24:12

2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

write Isa 8:1 30:8,9 Hab 2:2,3

of this 2Ki 25:1 Jer 39:1 52:4

3 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:

utter Eze 17:2 19:2 20:49 Ps 78:2 Mic 2:4 Mr 12:12 Lu 8:10

the rebellious Eze 2:3,6,8 3:9 12:2,25 17:12 Isa 1:2 30:1,9 63:10 Ac 7:51

Set Eze 24:6 11:3 Jer 50:13,14

4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Eze 22:18-22 Mic 3:2,3 Mt 7:2

5 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.

the choice Eze 20:47 34:16,17,20 Jer 39:6 52:10,24-27 Re 19:20

burn. or, heap Eze 24:9,10

6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Woe Eze 24:9 11:6,7 22:2,6-9,12,27 23:37-45 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Mic 7:2 Na 3:1 Mt 23:35 Re 11:7,8 17:6 18:24

to the pot Eze 24:11-13 Jer 6:29

bring Eze 9:5,6 11:7-9,11 Jos 10:22

let no Jos 7:16-18 1Sa 14:40-42 2Sa 8:2 Joe 3:3 Ob 1:11 Jon 1:7 Na 3:10

7 For 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;

her blood 1Ki 21:19 Isa 3:9 Jer 2:34 6:15

she poured Le 17:13 De 12:16,24 Job 16:18 Isa 26:21

8 That 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.

it might Eze 5:13 8:17,18 22:30,31 De 32:21,22 2Ki 22:17 2Ch 34:25 36:16,17 Jer 7:18,20 15:1-4

I have set Eze 16:37,38 23:45 Jer 22:8,9 Mt 7:2 1Co 4:5 Re 17:1-6 18:5-10,16

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

Woe Eze 24:6 Na 3:1 Hab 2:12 Lu 13:34,35 Re 14:20 16:6,19

I will Eze 22:19-22,31 Isa 30:33 31:9 2Th 1:8 2Pe 3:7-12 Jude 1:7 Re 21:8

10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

spice Jer 17:3 20:5 La 1:10 2:16

11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

set it Jer 21:10 32:29 37:10 38:18 39:8 52:13

that the filthiness Eze 20:38 22:15 23:26,27,47,48 36:25 Isa 1:25 4:4 27:9 Mic 5:11-14 Zec 13:1,2,8,9 Mal 4:1 Mt 3:12 1Co 3:12,13

The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general: every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and water, the calamities they were to suffer; and the setting on of the pot, the commencement of the siege.

12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

wearied Isa 47:13 57:9,10 Jer 2:13 9:5 10:14,15 51:58 Ho 12:1 Hab 2:13,18,19

her great Eze 24:6,13 Ge 6:5-7 8:21 Isa 1:5 Jer 5:3 44:16,17 Da 9:13,14

her scum
The pot being polluted with the scum, must be heated, melted, and even burned with fire till purified; that is, Jerusalem shall be entirely levelled with the ground, as nothing short of this will purify it from the relics of its idolatrous abominations.

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

thy filthiness Eze 24:11 23:36-48 2Co 7:1

because Eze 22:24 2Ch 36:14-16 Isa 5:4-6 9:13-17 Jer 6:28-30 25:3-7 31:18 Ho 7:1,9-16 Am 4:6-12 Zep 3:2,7 Mt 23:37,38 Lu 13:7-9 Re 22:11

till I Eze 5:13 8:18 16:42 Ro 2:8,9

14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

the Lord Nu 23:19 1Sa 15:29 Ps 33:9 Isa 55:11 Jer 23:20 Mt 24:35

neither will I spare Eze 5:11 7:4,9 8:18 9:10 Jer 13:14

according to thy ways Eze 16:43 18:30 22:31 23:24,29 Isa 3:11 Jer 4:18 Mt 16:27 Ro 2:5,6

15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

the desire Eze 24:18,21,25 Pr 5:19 So 7:10

with a Job 36:18

yet Eze 24:21-24 Le 10:2,3 Jer 22:10,18 1Th 4:13

thy tears Jer 9:1,18 13:17 La 2:18

run [heb] go

17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Forbear to cry. [heb] Be silent Ps 37:7 39:9 46:10 Am 8:3 Hab 2:20

make Jer 16:4-7

bind Eze 24:23 Le 10:6 21:10

put 2Sa 15:30

cover Eze 24:22 Le 13:45 Mic 3:7

lips [heb] upper lip, and so ver. 22 eat Ho 9:4

the bread of men. Lechem anoshim, not, `the bread of mourners,' as some render, but ` the bread of other men,' i.e. such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends. Jer 16:7

18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

and at 1Co 7:29,30

19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

Eze 12:9 17:12 20:49 21:7 37:18 Mal 3:7,8,13

20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith 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.

I will Eze 7:20-22 9:7 Ps 74:7 79:1 Isa 65:11 Jer 7:14 La 1:10 2:6,7 Da 11:31 Ac 6:13,14

the excellency Ps 96:6 105:4 132:8

the desire Eze 24:16 Ps 27:4 84:1

that which your soul pitieth [heb] the pity of your soul
your sons Eze 23:25,47 Jer 6:11 9:21 16:3,4

22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Eze 24:16,17 Job 27:15 Ps 78:64 Jer 16:4-7 47:3 Am 6:9,10

23 And your tires shall be 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.

but Eze 4:17 33:10 Le 26:39

and mourn Isa 59:11

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel Eze 4:3 12:6,11 Isa 8:18 20:3 Ho 1:2 3:1-4 Lu 11:29,30

when 1Sa 10:2-7 Jer 17:15 Lu 21:13 Joh 13:19 14:29 16:4

ye shall Eze 6:7 7:9,27 17:24 25:5,7,11,14,17

25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be 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,

their strength Eze 24:21 Ps 48:2 50:2 122:1-9 Jer 7:4

that whereupon they set their minds [heb] the lifting up of their soul

their sons De 28:32 Jer 11:22 52:10

26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

Eze 33:21,22 1Sa 4:12-18 Job 1:15-19

27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

thy Eze 3:26,27 29:21 33:22 Ex 6:11,12 Ps 51:15 Lu 21:15 Eph 6:19

shalt be Eze 24:24