Ezekiel 24
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Lutheran reading notes
In Ezekiel chapter 24, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of divine judgment, prophetic visions, and restoration of Israel. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 24:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 24:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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:
Ezekiel 24:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Gather the pieces thereof into it, {even} every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill {it} with the choice bones.
Ezekiel 24:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 24:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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;
Ezekiel 24:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel 24:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Ezekiel 24:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and {that} the filthiness of it may be molten in it, {that} the scum of it may be consumed.
Ezekiel 24:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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She hath wearied {herself} with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum {shall be} in the fire.
Ezekiel 24:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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In thy filthiness {is} lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Ezekiel 24:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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I the LORD have spoken {it}: it shall come to pass, and I will do {it}; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 24:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 24:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. {run down: Heb. go}
Ezekiel 24:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not {thy} lips, and eat not the bread of men. {Forbear: Heb. Be silent} {lips: Heb. upper lip}
Ezekiel 24:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ezekiel 24:18 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these {things are} to us, that thou doest {so}?
Ezekiel 24:19 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 24:20 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. {that...: Heb. the pity of your soul}
Ezekiel 24:21 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover {your} lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Ezekiel 24:22 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And your tires {shall be} upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Ezekiel 24:23 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I {am} the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 24:24 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Also, thou son of man, {shall it} not {be} in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, {that...: Heb. the lifting up of their soul}
Ezekiel 24:25 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{That} he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause {thee} to hear {it} with {thine} ears?
Ezekiel 24:26 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I {am} the LORD.
Ezekiel 24:27 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.