Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Ezekiel 24:10
Kindle] RV 'make hot.'
Consume] RV 'boil well.' Spice it well] RV 'make thick the broth.' Burned] not in the fire, but singed in the pot by the intense heat of the cooking.
Kindle] RV 'make hot.'
Consume] RV 'boil well.' Spice it well] RV 'make thick the broth.' Burned] not in the fire, but singed in the pot by the intense heat of the cooking.
Verse Ezekiel 24:10. _HEAP ON WOOD_] Let the siege be _severe_, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete....
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.”...
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
EZEKIEL 24. THE LAST MESSAGE BEFORE THE FALL OF THE CITY. Ezekiel 24:1. The Rusty Caldron. We now reach the last message delivered by Ezekiel before the fall of the city; and, curiously enough, it was...
Rising anew into tones of threatening the divine voice commands fuel to be heaped under the caldron, and to set it empty upon the coals, that its brass may glow in the fire and its rust be consumed....
_consume the flesh_ BOIL (or, do) WELL, as R.V. _spice it well_ Probably: make thick (stew) the broth. _bones be burnt_ Either "burnt" is used inexactly of the powerful action of the heat in boiling...
The rusted caldron set on the fire (1) Ezekiel 24:1. A caldron is to be set on the fire, filled with water, pieces of flesh cast into it and fuel piled under it that it may boil furiously. The caldro...
AND SPICE IT WELL, &C.— _Dissolve its pieces._ Houbigant. The Chaldee, explaining the metaphor, renders it thus: _Multiply kings, gather together an army, join auxiliaries, and prepare against her the...
A. The Parable of the Cooking Pot 24:1-14 TRANSLATION (1) And the word of the LORD came unto me in the ninth year, the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying, (2) Son of man, write for yours...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. SPICE IT WELL - that the meat may be the more palatable; i:e., I will make the foe delight in its...
24:10 well, (c-15) Or 'and make thick the broth.'...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
SPICE IT WELL. — With Ezekiel 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 dou...
(6-14) These verses contain the application of the parable in two distinct parts (Ezekiel 24:6), but in such wise that the literal and the figurative continually run together. A new feature, that of t...
הַרְבֵּ֤ה הָ עֵצִים֙ הַדְלֵ֣ק הָ אֵ֔שׁ הָתֵ֖ם
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
Heap on wood, (k) kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. (k) Meaning that the city would be utterly destroyed and that he would give the enemies an appeti...
_And the. Hebrew, "put in the seasoning and the bones," &c._...
The parable of a boiling pot, with the choice pieces boiled over the fire, and then left to burn, became a very striking representation of the fiery indignation of the Lord against Jerusalem. Her scum...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
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...
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 Ezekiel 24:3 . _ And spice it well._] Vulgate, _Coquatur tota c...
_Thus saith the Lord_, &c. In this and the two following verses is still more fully explained the meaning of the symbol of the boiling pot, and what the fire is that made it boil. By _making the pile...
VISION OF THE BOILING CALDRON...
Heap on wood, so the prophet is bidden, KINDLE THE FIRE, in a mighty heaping of materials for the city's destruction, CONSUME THE FLESH, so that it would be cooked to pieces, AND SPICE IT WELL, litera...
1-14 The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgression...
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 i...
Ezekiel 24:10 Heap H7235 (H8685) wood H6086 Kindle H1814 (H8687) fire H784 Cook H8552 (H8687) meat...
‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the blood-filled city. I will also make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make the broth thick and let the bon...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_Set on a pot._ THE BOILING CAULDRON: THE DOINGS AND DOOM OF A WICKED CITY I. The sins of any city are an offence to God. 1. Seen by Him. The whole city in its greed for gain, its intemperance, its...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:10 The extent of the corruption and rot demands that both the pot and its contents be completely consumed (v. Ezekiel 24:11;...
(Ezekiel 24:3.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet illustrates the destruction of Jerusalem by the allegory of a cauldron which he was to set on the fire, and having put water into it, to boil therein choi...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
Jeremiah 17:3; Jeremiah 20:5; Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 2:16...
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....