Ezekiel 24:8
6 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.
7 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;
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.”
- ASV
- That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
- DARBY
- That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
- BLB
- To cause fury to come up, to avenge [with] vengeance, I have given her blood upon a clear place of a rock, that it should not be covered.’
- ÅB
- For å la min harme ha fritt løp, for å ta hevn lot jeg dens blod komme på nakne berget, så det ikke skulle bli tildekket.
- OTB
- For å vekke min vrede og ta hevn,
har jeg plassert hennes blod på den bare klippen,
så det ikke vil bli dekket. - B1930
- For å la min harme ha fritt løp, for å ta hevn lot jeg dens blod komme på nakne berget, så det ikke skulde bli tildekket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:21–22
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:45
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:37–38
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:22–28
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Read in contextRevelation 18:5–10
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:25
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
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