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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on the wood Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cooking;   Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Food;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Log;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire (kindle);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Boil (2);   Consume;   Heap;   Pile;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cookery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!Cook the meat welland mix in the spices!Let the bones be burned!
Hebrew Names Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
King James Version
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
English Standard Version
Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
New American Standard Bible
"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Cook the meat thoroughly And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned up.
New Century Version
Pile up the wood and light the fire. Finish cooking the meat. Mix in the spices, and let the bones burn.
Amplified Bible
"Heap on wood, kindle the fire, Boil the meat well [done] And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.
World English Bible
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heape on much wood: kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned.
Legacy Standard Bible
Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,Completely cook the fleshAnd mix in the spicesAnd let the bones be burned.
Berean Standard Bible
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
Contemporary English Version
so bring more wood and light it. Cook the meat and boil away the broth to let the bones scorch.
Complete Jewish Bible
heap on the wood, light it, cook the meat and add the spices — the bones can just be burned.
Darby Translation
Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Easy-to-Read Version
Put plenty of wood under the pot. Light the fire. Cook the meat until it is well done. Mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will kindle the fire, and the flesh shall be cooked and seethe, and the bones shall be burned.
Good News Translation
Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth! Burn up the bones!
Lexham English Bible
Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish cooking the meat, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned.
Literal Translation
and heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the spice, and let the bones be burned.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
beare thou ye bones together, kyndle thou the fyre, seeth the flesh, let all be well sodde, that the bones maye be suckte out.
American Standard Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Bible in Basic English
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;
King James Version (1611)
Heape on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burnt.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And set much wood, and kindle the fire, and seeth the fleshe, & spice the pot, so that the very bones shalbe brent.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
English Revised Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
gadere thou togidire boonys, whiche Y schal kyndle with fier; fleischis schulen be wastid, and al the settyng togidere schal be sodun, and boonys schulen faile.
Update Bible Version
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
Webster's Bible Translation
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
New English Translation
Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.
New King James Version
Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be burned up.
New Living Translation
Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat with many spices, and afterward burn the bones.
New Life Bible
Put on more and more wood, and make the fire burn. Boil the meat well. Mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
New Revised Standard
Heap up the logs, kindle the fire; boil the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be burned.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Heap together the bones, which I will burn with fire: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.
Revised Standard Version
Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil well the flesh, and empty out the broth, and let the bones be burned up.
Young's Literal Translation
Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me. in the ninth year in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying: 2 Son of man. Write thee the name of the day, this selfsame day, - the king of Babylon cast himself against Jerusalem, on this selfsame day. 3 Put thou forth therefore, against the perverse house a parable, and say unto them Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Sot on the caldron set it on, Moreover also pour into it water: 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece thigh and shoulder, With the choice of the bones, fill it: 5 Take of the choice of the rock, Moreover also pe of bones place under it,- Bo the pieces thereof, Yea let the bones of it seethe in the midst thereof. 6 Wherefore, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot. 7 For, her own blood, hath come to be in her midst, Upon the smooth face of the cliff, hath she set it,- She hath not poured it out on the earth, that she might cover it with dust. 8 To bring up indignation to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff, - that it may not be covered. 9 Wherefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed, - Even I myself, will make large the pe. 10 Heap on the wood Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spice: Jeremiah 17:3, Jeremiah 20:5, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:16

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:13 - I will wipe Ezekiel 24:5 - burn

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, - and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
Genesis 24:2
So Abraham said unto his servant, elder of his house, ruler of all that he had, - Place, I pray thee thy hand under my thigh;
Genesis 24:4
but unto my own land and unto my own kindred, wilt go, - So shalt thou take a wife for my son - for Isaac.
Genesis 24:5
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman may not be willing to follow me into this land, - May I take back thy son, into the land from whence thou earnest?
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said unto him, - Beware that thou do not take back my son thither!
Genesis 24:8
But if unwilling be the woman to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath, - Only my son, shalt thou not take back thither
Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand, under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, - and sware to him, over this thing.
Genesis 24:10
Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way, - all the goods of his master being in his hand, - so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a ring of gold, half a shekel its weight, - and two bracelets for her hands, ten of gold their weight;
Genesis 24:23
and said Whose daughter art, thou? I pray thee, tell me. Is there in the house of thy father a place for us to tarry the night?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Heap on wood, kindle the fire,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the siege, encompass the city, begin their attacks, and throw in their stones out of their slings and engines, and arrows from their bows:

consume the flesh; not entirely, since it is afterwards to be spiced; but thoroughly boil it; denoting the severe sufferings the inhabitants should undergo before their utter ruin:

spice it well; pepper them off; batter their walls, beat down their houses, distress them by all manner of ways and means; signifying that this would be grateful to the Lord, as his justice would be glorified in the destruction of this people; and as the plunder of them would be like a spiced and sweet morsel to the enemy; whose appetites would hereby be sharpened and become keen, and to whom the sacking and plundering the city would be as agreeable as well seasoned meat to a hungry man:

and let the bones be burnt; either under it, or rather in it; even the strongest and most powerful among the people destroyed, who should hold out the longest in the siege. The Targum of the whole is,

"multiply kings; gather an army; order the auxiliaries, and prepare against her warriors, and let her mighty ones be confounded.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consume ... spice it well - i. e., “dress the flesh, and make it froth and bubble, that the bones and the flesh may be all boiled up together.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 24:10. Heap on wood — Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.


 
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