Ezekiel 24:5
Good News Translation
Use the meat of the finest sheep; pile the wood under the pot. Let the water boil; boil the bones and the meat."

New Revised Standard Version
Take the choicest one of the flock, pile the logs under it; boil its pieces, seethe also its bones in it.

Contemporary English Version
Pile wood underneath the pot, and let the meat and bones boil until they are done."

New American Bible
Choose the pick of the flock, then pile logs beneath it; Bring it to a boil, cook all the pieces in it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.

the choice

Ezekiel 20:47 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north.

Ezekiel 34:16,17,20 I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed them in judgment. . . .

Jeremiah 39:6 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedecias, in Reblatha, before his eyes: and the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Juda.

Jeremiah 52:10,24-27 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedecias before his eyes: and he slew all the princes of Juda in Reblatha. . . .

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

burn.

Ezekiel 24:9,10 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Cooking Pot
4Heap together into it the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones. 5Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.6Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:29
And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,

Jeremiah 39:6
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedecias, in Reblatha, before his eyes: and the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Juda.

Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedecias before his eyes: and he slew all the princes of Juda in Reblatha.

Jeremiah 52:24
And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.

Ezekiel 24:4
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