Ezekiel 24:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ezekiel 24:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consume ... spice it well - i. e., “dress the flesh, and make it froth and bubble, that the bones and the flesh may be all boiled up together.”
Ezekiel 24:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Heap on wood, (k) kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. (k) Meaning that the city would be utterly destroyed and that he would give the enemies an appet...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 24. The Last Message before the Fall of the City. Ezekiel 24:1-14 . The Rusty Caldron. We now reach the last message delivered by Ezekiel before the fall of the city; and, curiously enoug...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Heap or wood - Let the siege be severe, the carnage great, and the ruin and catastrophe complete.
Ezekiel 24:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And spice it well, &c.— Dissolve its pieces. Houbigant. The Chaldee, explaining the metaphor, renders it thus: Multiply kings, gather together an army, join auxiliaries, and prepare against...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Spice it well - that the meat may be the more palatable; i:e., I will make the foe delight in...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Allegory of the Boiling Caldron. Ezekiel's Bereavement and Significant Silence This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-14) These verses contain the application of the parable in two distinct parts ( Ezekiel 24:6-14 ), but in such wise that the literal and the figurative continually run together. A new feature, tha...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1-31 ; Ezekiel 24:1-27 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the...
Ezekiel 24:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet a...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The parable of a boiling pot, with the choice pieces boiled over the fire, and then left to burn, became a very striking representation of the fiery indignation of the Lord against Jerusalem. Her scu...
Ezekiel 24:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Heap on wood, kindle the fire ,.... This is said either to the prophet, to do this in an emblematic way; or to the Chaldean army, to prepare for the siege, encompass the city, begin their attacks, a...
Ezekiel 24:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Ver. 10. Heap on wood, &c. ] See on Ezekiel 24:3 . And spice it well. ] Vulgate, Coquatu...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Lord , &c. In this and the two following verses is still more fully explained the meaning of the symbol of the boiling pot, and what the fire is that made it boil. By making the...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Boiling Pot; The Explanation of the Parable. B. C. 590. 1 Again in th...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is God's word, either what he will do pursuant of the 8th verse; or his word to the prophet, to typify to the people what should be done, or to the Chaldean army, to hasten what they were to do...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the blood-filled city. I will also make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make the broth thick and let the bo...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Ezekiel 24:3-14 .) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet illustrates the destruction of Jerusalem by the allegory of a cauldron which he was to set on the fire, and having put water into it, to boil there...
Ezekiel 24:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 24:1 . In the ninth year, from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1-2 ; Jeremiah 52:4 . Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year...
Ezekiel 24:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Set on a pot. The boiling cauldron: the doings and doom of a wicked city I. The sins of any city are an offence to God. 1. Seen by Him. The whole city in its greed for gain, its intemperance...
Ezekiel 24:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 24:1 In the ninth year . We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jeru...
Ezekiel 24:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vision of the Boiling Caldron
Ezekiel 24:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:3 ; Jeremiah 20:5 ; Lamentations 1:10 ; Lamentations 2:16
Ezekiel 24:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And spice it well — To express this justice, that is acceptable to God and men. The bones — The greatest, strongest, and firmest of the Jews shall perish in this fiery indignation.

Ezekiel 24:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 24:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 24:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 24:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 24:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 24:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 24:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 24:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 24:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 24:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 24:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 24:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 24:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes