1Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2Sonne of man, write thee the name of the day, euen of this same day: for the King of Babel set himselfe against Ierusalem this same day. 3And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it: 4Gather its pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones. 5Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it. 6Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] in it, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7For 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; 8That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered. 9Therefore thus saith ye Lord God, Woe to the bloody citie, for I will make ye burning great. 10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. 11Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof, that the brasse of it may be hot, and may burne, and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it, and that the skomme of it may be consumed. 12She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire. 13In 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. 14I 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. 15Also the worde of ye Lord came vnto me, saying, 16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19And the people said vnto me, Wilt thou not tell vs what these things meane towarde vs that thou doest so? 20Then I answered them, The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 21Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellence 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. 22And ye shall doe as I haue done: ye shall not couer your lippes, neither shall ye eate the bread of men. 23And your tyre shalbe vpon your heads, and your shooes vpon your feete: ye shall not mourne nor weepe, but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourne one toward another. 24Thus Ezekiel is vnto you a signe: according to all that he hath done, ye shall do: and when this commeth, ye shall know that I am the Lord God. 25Also, thou sonne of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their power, ye ioy of their honor, ye pleasure of their eyes, & the desire of their heart, their sonnes & their daughters? 26That he that escapeth in that day, shal come vnto thee to tell thee that which hee hath heard with his eares? 27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speake, and be no more dumme, & thou shalt be a signe vnto them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.