"Gather the pieces thereof into it, {even} every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill {it} with the choice bones…" — Ezekiel 24:4

Ezekiel 24:4 · KJV

“Gather the pieces thereof into it, {even} every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill {it} with the choice bones.”

— Ezekiel 24:4

Verse 3

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:

Verse 5

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 — Context

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.

Cross References

Micah 3:2-3

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Matthew 7:2

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Ezekiel 22:18-22

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they {are} brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are {even} the dross of silver. {dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc}