Ezekiel 24 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 24:10 in other translations

BSBPile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
WEBHeap on the wood. Make the fire hot. Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
ASVHeap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
YLTMake abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.
DARBYHeap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
BBEPut on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
WebsterHeap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

What does Ezekiel 24:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. spice it well--that the meat may be the more palatable, that is, I will make the foe delight in its destruction as much as one delights in well-seasoned, savory meat. Grotius, needlessly departing from the obvious sense, translates, "Let it be boiled down to a compound."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Heap or wood - Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 24:1-14

The fate of Jerusalem. (Ezek 24:1-14) The extent of the sufferings of the Jews. (Ezek 24:15-27) Verses 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 transgressions, as the scum, which rises by the heat of the fire, is taken from the top of the pot. But they grew worse, and their…

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Ezekiel 24:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַרְבֵּ֤הhar.BehincreaseH7235
הָעֵצִים֙ha.'e.Tzimthe wood<s>H6086
הַדְלֵ֣קhad.LekkindleH1814
הָאֵ֔שׁha.'Eshthe fireH784
הָתֵ֖םha.TemcompleteH8552
הַבָּשָׂ֑רha.ba.Sarthe meatH1320
וְהַרְקַח֙ve.har.Kachand mixH7543
הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔הha.mer.ka.Chahthe seasoningH4841
וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹתve.ha.'a.tza.Motand the bonesH6106
יֵחָֽרוּ\׃ye.Cha.rulet them be charredH2787

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 24:10

  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • Jeremiah 17:3

    O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

  • Jeremiah 20:5

    Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

  • Lamentations 2:16

    All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
spice.
Jer 17:3; 20:5; La 1:10; 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 24:9

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

  • Ezekiel 24:10

    Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

  • Ezekiel 24:11

    Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

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Ezekiel 24:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Multiplicando la leña, encendiendo el fuego, para consumir la carne, y hacer la salsa; y los huesos serán quemados:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Entasse le bois, allume le feu, fais consommer la chair, assaisonne-la bien, et que les os soient brûlés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Häufe das Holz, zünde das Feuer an, mache das Fleisch gar und lasse die Brühe auskochen, und die Knochen sollen verbrennen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Congere ossa, quæ igne succendam: consumentur carnes, et coquetur universa compositio, et ossa tabescent.