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24In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²Mortal, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also; ⁴put in it the pieces, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. ⁵Take the choicest one of the flock, pile the logs under it; boil its pieces, seethe also its bones in it. ⁶Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, the pot whose rust is in it, whose rust has not gone out of it! Empty it piece by piece, making no choice at all. ⁷For the blood she shed is inside it; she placed it on a bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground, to cover it with earth. ⁸To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have placed the blood she shed on a bare rock, so that it may not be covered. ⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile great. ¹⁰Heap up the logs, kindle the fire; boil the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be burned. ¹¹Stand it empty upon the coals, so that it may become hot, its copper glow, its filth melt in it, its rust be consumed. ¹²In vain I have wearied myself; its thick rust does not depart. To the fire with its rust! ¹³Yet, when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness, you did not become clean from your filth; you shall not again be cleansed until I have satisfied my fury upon you. ¹⁴I the Lord have spoken; the time is coming, I will act. I will not refrain, I will not spare, I will not relent. According to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord God.

¹⁵The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁶Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners. ¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded. ¹⁹Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?” ²⁰Then I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart’s desire; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²²And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners. ²³Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another. ²⁴Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; you shall do just as he has done. When this comes, then you shall know that I am the Lord God. ²⁵And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart’s affection, and also their sons and their daughters, ²⁶on that day, one who has escaped will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷On that day your mouth shall be opened to the one who has escaped, and you shall speak and no longer be silent. So you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.