King James Version
Ezekiel 24:4 in the King James Version says “Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.”
Ezekiel 24:4 · King James Version
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. burn: or, heap
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
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“Gather”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thereof into it even every good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“the thigh”
H3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
“and the shoulder”
H3802the shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythi
“bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“fill”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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