Ezekiel 24
1 And the word of YHWH came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying:
2 “Son of man, write down for yourself the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege against Jerusalem on this very day.
3 And utter to house the rebellious a parable, and say to them—thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Put on a pot; put [it] on, and also pour water into it.
4 To gather its pieces to it, every good piece—thigh and shoulder; fill [it] with the choicest of limbs.
5 Take the choicest of the flock, and pile up the bones under it; bring to a boil the boiling of it, and let seethe the limbs in the midst of it.’
6 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Woe to the city of blood, the pot that has rust in it, and its corrosion has not gone out from it! Piece after piece bring out from it; a lot has not fallen on it.
7 For her blood is in her midst; upon a clear place of a rock she set it; she has not poured it out on the ground to cover over it with dust.
8 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.’
9 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Woe to the city of blood! Even I will make great the pyre!
10 Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.
11 And set it on its coals empty, so that it may become hot and its bronze may burn, it will be melted in the midst of its impurity, its corrosion consumed.
12 [With] toiling she has grown weary, and the abundance of her corrosion has not gone out from her—into the fire [with] her corrosion!
13 In your uncleanness [is] wickedness, because I have cleansed you and you would not be cleansed from your uncleanness, you will not be cleansed anymore, until I have caused to rest My fury on you.
14 I, YHWH, have spoken [it]—it is coming, and I will do [it]! I will not hold back, and I will not show pity, and I will not relent. According to your ways, and according to your deeds they will judge you,’ a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”
15 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
16 “Son of man, behold—I am taking away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke, and you will not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not run down.
17 Groan, keep silent, you shall make no mourning for the dead. Bind your turban on you, and place your sandals on your feet; do not put a wrap over the lip, and the bread of men do not eat.”
18 And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and in the morning I did as I was commanded.
19 And the people said to me: “Will you not declare to us what these [things] [are] to us, that you are doing [this]?”
20 And I gave the answer to them: “The word of YHWH came to me, saying:
21 Speak to the house of Israel, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I am going to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your⁺ strength, the desire of your⁺ eyes, and the delight of your⁺ soul; and your⁺ sons and daughters, whom you⁺ left behind, will fall by the sword.’
22 And you⁺ will do as I have done: Upon the lip you⁺ shall not put a wrap, and bread of men you⁺ shall not eat;
23 and your⁺ turbans will be on your⁺ heads, and your⁺ sandals on your⁺ feet. You⁺ will not mourn nor weep; and you⁺ will waste away in your⁺ iniquities, and a man will groan toward his brother.
24 And Ezekiel will be to you⁺ as a sign; according to all that he has done, you⁺ will do. And in its coming to pass, you⁺ will know that I [am] the Lord YHWH.’
25 And you, son of man, [is it] not in the day of My taking from them their stronghold, their joy, their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the burden of their soul—their sons and their daughters—
26 on that day will come one who escapes to you as a cause to hear the ears?
27 On that day your mouth will be opened [to] the one who has escaped, and you will speak, and you will not be mute any longer; and you will be for them as a sign, and they will know that I [am] YHWH.”