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The Boiling Pot and the Death of Ezekiel’s Wife

24 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,[b] “Son of man,[c] write for yourself the name of the day, this very day.[d] The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day! And deliver a proverb[e] to the rebellious house,[f] and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Place the pot! Place it and also pour water into it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 24:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 24:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 24:2 Literally “exactly the day the this”
  5. Ezekiel 24:3 Literally “quote a proverb”; “proverb a proverb”
  6. Ezekiel 24:3 Literally “the house of rebellion”