24 He showeth the destruction of Jerusalem by a parable of a seething pot. 16 The parable of Ezekiel’s wife being dead.

Again in the [a]ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the [b]month, came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: for the King of Babel set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

Therefore speak a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Prepare a [c]pot, prepare it, and also pour water into it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:1 Of Jeconiah’s captivity, and of the reign of Zedekiah, 2 Kings 25:1.
  2. Ezekiel 24:1 Called Tebeth, which containeth part of December and part of January: in the which month and day Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem.
  3. Ezekiel 24:3 Whereby was meant Jerusalem.

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