1 ¶ Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, saying,

2 S on of man, write the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon laid siege against Jerusalem this same day.

`Son of man, write for thee the name of the day -- this self-same day leaned hath the king of Babylon toward Jerusalem in this self-same day --

3 A nd speak unto the house of rebellion by parable and say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set on, and also to pour into it water,

4 g ather her pieces of meat into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

5 T ake 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 of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

6 F or thus hath the Lord GOD said: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein and whose scum is not gone out of it! For her pieces, because of her pieces let it be removed; let no lot fall upon it.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo the city of blood, A pot whose scum in it, And its scum hath not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it hath a lot.

7 F or her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she did not poured it upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.

8 t hat wrath might rise up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the high place of the rock that it should not be covered.

To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock -- not to be covered.

9 T herefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Woe to the bloody city! I will also make a great fire,

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo the city of blood, yea, I -- I make great the pile.

10 m ultiplying the wood, kindling the fire, to consume the flesh and to make the broth, and the bones shall be burned;

Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

11 s etting afterward the empty pot upon the coals thereof that it may become red hot and may burn and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.

12 I n fraud she has become weary, and her great scum did not go forth out of her; her scum shall be in the fire.

sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire her scum.

13 I n thy perverse filthiness thou shalt die because I have cleansed thee, and thou didst not cleanse thyself from thy uncleanness; thou shalt never cleanse thyself again, until I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

In thine uncleanness wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.

14 I , the LORD, have spoken: I came and worked. I will not turn back, neither will I have mercy, neither will I repent; according to thy ways and according to thy doings, they shall judge thee, said the Lord GOD.

I, Jehovah, hath spoken, It hath come, and I have done, I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I repent, According to thy ways, and according to thine acts, they have judged thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

15 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

16 S on of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes by death; yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

`Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come.

17 F orbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thy head, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet and do not cover thy lips and do not eat the bread of comfort.

Cease to groan, the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

18 S o I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

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

And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these to us, that thou art doing?'

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

And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:

21 S peak unto the house of Israel, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the gift of your soul; your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall.

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

And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

23 A nd your turbans 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 cry out one with another.

And your bonnets on your heads, And your shoes on your feet, Ye do not mourn nor do ye weep, And ye have wasted away for your iniquities, And ye have howled one unto another.

24 T hus Ezekiel shall be unto you for a sign: according to all that he has done ye shall do: and when this comes, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

And Ezekiel hath been to you for a type, According to all that he hath done ye do; In its coming in -- ye have known that I the Lord Jehovah.

25 A lso, thou son of man, in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the care of their souls, their sons and their daughters,

And thou, son of man, Is it not in the day of My taking from them their strength, The joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, And the song of their soul, Their sons and their daughters?

26 t hat day one that escapes shall come unto thee, to bring the news.

In that day come doth the escaped one to thee. To cause the ears to hear.

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

In that day opened is thy mouth with the escaped, And thou speakest, and art not silent any more, And thou hast been to them for a type. And they have known that I Jehovah.'