Ezekiel 24:3 “Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this i…”

Ezekiel 24:3

Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore speake a parable vnto the rebellious house, and say vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord God, Prepare a pot, prepare it, and also powre water into it.

Darby Translation

And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it.

Young's Literal Translation

and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set [it] on, and also to pour into it water,

Bible in Basic English

And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:

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Cross references

“utter”

Ezekiel 17:2 Ezekiel 20:49 Psalm 78:2 Ezekiel 19:2–14 Micah 2:4 Mark 12:12

Ezekiel 17:2 · BSB

“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Ezekiel 20:49 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

Psalm 78:2 · BSB

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Ezekiel 19:2–14 · BSB

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Micah 2:4 · BSB

In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields t…

Mark 12:12 · BSB

At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

“the rebellious”

Ezekiel 2:3 Ezekiel 2:6 Isaiah 1:2 Ezekiel 2:8 Isaiah 30:1 Isaiah 30:9

Ezekiel 2:3 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

Ezekiel 2:6 · BSB

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though…

Isaiah 1:2 · BSB

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Ezekiel 2:8 · BSB

And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Isaiah 30:1 · BSB

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:9 · BSB

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

“Set”

Ezekiel 11:3 Ezekiel 24:6 Jeremiah 50:13 Jeremiah 50:14

Ezekiel 11:3 · BSB

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Ezekiel 24:6 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Jeremiah 50:13 · BSB

Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

Jeremiah 50:14 · BSB

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Also

Jeremiah 1:13 Ezekiel 11:7 Ezekiel 11:11

Jeremiah 1:13 · BSB

Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

Ezekiel 11:7 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

Ezekiel 11:11 · BSB

The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

4Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and shoulder— fill it with choice bones.

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