1 A nd the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

¶ 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,

2 “ Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

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

3 S peak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

And 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:

4 P ut in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.

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

5 “ Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it.”

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.

6 ‘ Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice.

For 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.

7 “ For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.

For 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;

8 “ That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.”

that 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.

9 ‘ Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “ Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

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

10 “ Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.

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

11 “ Then set it empty on its coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust consumed.

setting 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.

12 “ She has wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!

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

13 “ In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have spent My wrath on you.

In 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.

14 I , the Lord, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you,” declares the Lord God.’” Death of Ezekiel’s Wife Is a Sign

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.

15 A nd the word of the Lord came to me saying,

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

16 “ Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

Son 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.

17 G roan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.”

Forbear 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.

18 S o I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

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

19 T he people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

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

20 T hen I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me saying,

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

21 ‘ Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Speak 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.

22 Y ou will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.

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

23 Y our turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.

And 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.

24 T hus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’”

Thus 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.

25 ‘ As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes and their heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters,

Also, 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,

26 t hat on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?

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

27 O n that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

In 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.