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Ezekiel 24:4

in Ezekiel 24

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

KJV

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

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This verse in Ezekiel 24

Commentary

9 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The "choice bones" in the pot have flesh adhering to them. The bones under the pot (Eze 24:5) are those having no flesh and used as fuel, answering to the poorest who suffer first, and are put out of pain sooner than the rich who endure what answers to the slower process of boiling.

This site's exposition

Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it

on Ezekiel 24:3-5

The sign is spoken as a parable of a cooking pot, filled with the choice pieces of the flock. Gill reads the choice cuts as Jerusalem's own leading citizens, the best of the flock rather than the culls. Wesley notes the command set on, set it on, doubled for urgency.

This site's exposition

every good piece

Wesley read the best pieces as the leading men of the city: the king, princes, priests, magistrates and the wealthy. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown set the choice bones in the pot against the bare bones beneath it used as fuel. The rich suffer longest.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 24, Verse 1 onwards) Then in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Fill it - With those pieces that are biggest, fullest of marrow, and which are divided according to the bones; these are the principal members of the state, the king, princes, priests, magistrates, and the most wealthy citizens.
Gather the pieces thereof into it,.... fire being made, and the pot set on, and water poured into it, the next thing is, to put in the pieces that are to be boiled; and these are to be gathered; meaning the people of the land, that were to be gathered from the several parts of it, for their security, as they thought; but the event proved it was for their ruin: even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; the princes and gentry, the great and the mighty, the rich and wealthy of the people; who, upon the invasion, got together in Jerusalem, to secure their persons and substance: fill it with the choice bones; or with those pieces that have the choice bones, that are full of marrow; the strongest among the people; the soldiers, or such as were fit for war; the best of their militia, brought hither to defend the city; but, in fact, to be slain, as they were. The Targum is, "gather the princes thereof into the midst of her, every terrible man and warrior; fill her with the army of the people.''

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those that from all parts of the country fled into Jerusalem for safety would be sadly disappointed when the siege laid to it would soon make the place too hot for them; and yet there was not getting out of it, but they must be forced to abide by it, as the flesh in a boiling pot. He must give them a comment upon this sign. It is to be construed as a woe to the bloody city,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for the death of his wife is shown that the calamities coming upon Jerusalem were too great to be lamented, so great that they should sink down under them into a silent despair,
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The pieces thereof - Or, that belong to it; i. e., the pieces which are designed for the caldron, and belong to it as the inhabitants belong to the city. The choice pieces are the choice members of the community Eze 11:3.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֱסֹ֤ףgather

    ʾesofH622 →200 times

  • נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙pieces of meat its

    netacheihaH5409 →13 times

  • אֵלֶ֔יהָinto it

    ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • נֵ֥תַחpiece of meat

    netachH5409 →13 times

  • ט֖וֹבgood

    tovH2896 →538 times

  • יָרֵ֣ךְthigh

    yarekhH3409 →

  • וְכָתֵ֑ףand shoulder

    vekhatefH3802 →67 times

  • מִבְחַ֥ר[the] choicest of

    mivcharH4005 →12 times

  • עֲצָמִ֖ים[the] bones

    ʾatzamimH6106 →126 times

  • מַלֵּֽא׃fill [it]

    male'H4390 →249 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Micah 3:2–3You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.4 works1 Samuel 9:24So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.3 worksEzekiel 22:18–22“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.2 worksMatthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

    it leads to

    • James 2:13

      For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

    • Mark 4:24

      He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

    • Obadiah 1:15

      For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

    • Luke 6:38

      Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…

    • Psalms 18:25–26

      To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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