MLV(i)
1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, write the name of the day, even of this same day; the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus: Set on the caldron. Set it on and also pour water into it. 4 Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron. Make it boil well, yes, let the bones of it is boiled in the midst of it.
6 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is in it and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon the bare rock. She did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust. 8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals of it, that it may be hot and the brass of it 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 herself with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire. 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you were not cleansed, you will not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it. It will happen and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I relent. According to your ways and according to your practices, they will judge you, says the lord Jehovah.
15 Also the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I take the desire of your eyes away from you with a stroke. Yet you will neither mourn nor weep. Neither will your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress upon you and put your shoes upon your feet. And do not cover your lips and do not eat the bread of men.
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
20 Then I said to them, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Speak to the house of Israel, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your* power, the desire of your* eyes and what your* soul has compassion. And your* sons and your* daughters whom you* have left behind will fall by the sword.
22 And you* will do as I have done. You* will not cover your* lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your* coverings will be upon your* heads and your* shoes upon your* feet. You* will not mourn nor weep, but you* will pine away in your* iniquities and moan one toward another. 24 Thus Ezekiel will be to you* a sign, according to all that he has done you* will do.
When this comes, then you* will know that I am the lord Jehovah.
25 And you, son of man, will 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 upon which they set their heart–their sons and their daughters– 26 that in that day he who escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? 27 In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped and you will speak and no more be mute. So you will be a sign to them. And they will know that I am Jehovah.
3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus: Set on the caldron. Set it on and also pour water into it. 4 Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron. Make it boil well, yes, let the bones of it is boiled in the midst of it.
6 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is in it and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon the bare rock. She did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust. 8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals of it, that it may be hot and the brass of it 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 herself with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire. 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you were not cleansed, you will not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it. It will happen and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I relent. According to your ways and according to your practices, they will judge you, says the lord Jehovah.
15 Also the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I take the desire of your eyes away from you with a stroke. Yet you will neither mourn nor weep. Neither will your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress upon you and put your shoes upon your feet. And do not cover your lips and do not eat the bread of men.
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
20 Then I said to them, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Speak to the house of Israel, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your* power, the desire of your* eyes and what your* soul has compassion. And your* sons and your* daughters whom you* have left behind will fall by the sword.
22 And you* will do as I have done. You* will not cover your* lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your* coverings will be upon your* heads and your* shoes upon your* feet. You* will not mourn nor weep, but you* will pine away in your* iniquities and moan one toward another. 24 Thus Ezekiel will be to you* a sign, according to all that he has done you* will do.
When this comes, then you* will know that I am the lord Jehovah.
25 And you, son of man, will 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 upon which they set their heart–their sons and their daughters– 26 that in that day he who escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? 27 In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped and you will speak and no more be mute. So you will be a sign to them. And they will know that I am Jehovah.