Ezekiel 24 · Verse 11

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.

Ezekiel 24:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 24:11 in other translations

BSB	Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
WEB	Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
ASV	Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.
YLT	And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.
DARBY	Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, and that its rust may be consumed.
BBE	And I will put her on the coals so that she may be heated and her brass burned, so that what is unclean in her may become soft and her waste be completely taken away.
Webster	Then set it empty upon its coals, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be melted in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

What does Ezekiel 24:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. set it empty ... that ... brass ... may burn, ... that ... scum ... may be consumed--Even the consumption of the contents is not enough; the caldron itself which is infected by the poisonous scum must be destroyed, that is, the city itself must be destroyed, not merely the inhabitants, just as the very house infected with leprosy was to be destroyed (Le 14:34-45).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 24:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַעֲמִידֶ֥הָve.ha.'a.mi.De.haand set itH5975

עַל\־'al-onH5921

גֶּחָלֶ֖יהָge.cha.Lei.haburning coals itsH1513

רֵקָ֑הre.KahemptyH7386

לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616

תֵּחַ֜םte.Chamit may grow warmH2552

וְחָ֣רָהve.Cha.rahand it will be hotH2787

נְחֻשְׁתָּ֗הּne.chush.Tahbronze itsH5178

וְנִתְּכָ֤הve.ni.te.Khahand it will be meltedH5413

בְתוֹכָהּ֙ve.to.Khahin [the] midst of itH8432

טֻמְאָתָ֔הּtum.'a.Tahuncleanness itsH2932

תִּתֻּ֖םti.Tumit may be consumedH8552

חֶלְאָתָֽהּ\׃chel.'a.Tahrust itsH2457

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Cross references for Ezekiel 24:11

Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Jeremiah 38:18
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
1 Corinthians 3:12-13
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Ezekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Jeremiah 37:10
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Jeremiah 52:13
And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
Zechariah 13:1-2
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Ezekiel 23:26-27
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Isaiah 4:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

set it.
Jer 21:10; 32:29; 37:10; 38:18; 39:8; 52:13
that the filthiness.
20:38; 22:15-23; 23:26,27,47,48; 36:25; Isa 1:25; 4:4; 27:9
Mic 5:11-14; Zec 13:1,2,8,9; Mal 4:1; Mt 3:12; 1Co 3:12,13The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general: every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, Zedekiah, his family, and princes; the bones, the soldiers; the fire and water, the calamities they were to suffer; and the setting on of the pot, the commencement of the siege.

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Context

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.
Ezekiel 24:12
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

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Ezekiel 24:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Asentando después la olla vacía sobre sus brasas, para que se caldee, y se queme su fondo, y se funda en ella su suciedad, y se consuma su espuma.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Place-la vide sur les charbons ardents, afin qu’elle s’échauffe et que son airain devienne brûlant, et que son impureté soit fondue au-dedans d’elle et que sa rouille soit consumée.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und stelle ihn leer auf seine Kohlen, damit sein Erz heiß und glühend werde, und seine Unreinigkeit in ihm schmelze, sein Rost vergehe.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Pone quoque eam super prunas vacuam, ut incalescat, et liquefiat æs ejus, et confletur in medio ejus inquinamentum ejus, et consumatur rubigo ejus.