King James Version
Ezekiel 24:5 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Ezekiel 24:5 · KJV
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.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
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“of the flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“also the bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“and let them seethe”
H1310properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
“also the bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
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