Heap on the wood. Make the fire hot. Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
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Heap on the wood. Make the fire hot. Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
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Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 24:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 17:3 My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
- Jeremiah 20:5 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies. They will make them captives, take them, and carry them to Babylon.
- Lamentations 1:10 The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things; for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
- Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, that the city should be utterly destroyed, and…
Meaning, that the city should be utterly destroyed, and that he would give the enemies an appetite thereunto.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume…
Eze 24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ver. 10. Heap on wood, &c.] See on Eze 24:3.
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And spice it well.] Vulgate, Coquatur tota compositio; let the whole composition be boiled, till all the virtue be boiled out; a metaphor from apothecaries.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This is God’s word, either what he will do…
This is God’s word, either what he will do pursuant of the 8th verse; or his word to the prophet, to typify to the people what should be done, or to the Chaldean army, to hasten what they were to do in destroying the city. Heap on wood; make full preparations.
Kindle the fire; begin the execution of judgment.
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Compare the flesh: it is a fire, not gently to dress or prepare meat, but to destroy, and burn up.
Spice it well; either to take away the noisome smell, or to express the pleasing savour of this justice to God, and men whom he appointed to this work.
Let the bones be burned: in such fires the bones hold out longest, but this fire shall at last consume these also, that the destruction may be universal the greatest, strongest, and firmest of these Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Heap on wood, kindle the fire,.... This is said…
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:
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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.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And spice it well - To express this justice,…
And spice it well - To express this justice, that is acceptable to God and men. The bones - The greatest, strongest, and firmest of the Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Heap on wood] Let the siege be…
Verse 10. Heap on wood] Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Consume ... spice it well - i. e., “dress…
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.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And the. Hebrew, "put in the seasoning and the…
And the. Hebrew, "put in the seasoning and the bones," &c.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain spice it well--that the meat may be the more…
spice it well--that the meat may be the more palatable, that is, I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned, savory meat. GROTIUS, needlessly departing from the obvious sense, translates, "Let it be boiled down to a compound."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Consume the flesh, and spice it well —…
10. Consume the flesh, and spice it well — R.V., “boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth.”
The pot (Jerusalem) is empty (seemingly depopulated), yet the fire burns till even its filthiness and rust is consumed, 11-13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. consume the flesh] boil (or, do) well, as…
10. consume the flesh] boil (or, do) well, as R.V.
spice it well] Probably: make thick (stew) the broth.
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bones be burnt] Either “burnt” is used inexactly of the powerful action of the heat in boiling, or, less naturally, the contents of the pot are supposed to suffer directly from the fire. LXX. omits.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Spice it well.—With Eze_24:9 the second part of…
(10) Spice it well.—With Eze_24:9 the second part of the application of the parable begins, and is marked by great energy of description. In this verse the sense of the word translated “spice” is doubtful. If this be its true meaning, the idea must be, Go on thoroughly with the cooking; but the word is always used in connection with the preparation of compound incense or spices, and seems therefore to refer to the thoroughness of the work, and thus to mean, Boil thoroughly. In Job_41:31 (Heb. 23) its derivative is used as a simile for the raging sea. The process is to be continued until the water in the cauldron is all evaporated, the flesh consumed, and even the bones burned.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Spice it well; better, make thick the broth (Revised…
Spice it well; better, make thick the broth (Revised Version). The verb is used in Exo_30:33, Exo_30:35, of the concoction of the anointing oil, and the cognate adjective in Job_41:31 for the "boiling" of the water caused by the crocodile. We are reminded of the "bubble, bubble" of the witches" cauldron in "Macbeth."
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