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Ezekiel 24:5 (KJV)

“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.”

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Ezekiel 24 — surrounding verses

1

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 thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

3

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

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Gather the pieces thereof 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 burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

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That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

9

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

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