The Koine Bible

And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

Son of man, write for yourself the day, from this day on, from the day on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, from the day of today.

And speak against the provoking house a parable, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Set on the pot, and pour water into it.

and throw into it the pieces, every good piece, leg and shoulder, stripped of the bones

Take from chosen animals, seized, and pile the bones under them; let it boil, let it boil, and let its bones be boiled in the midst of it

Therefore thus says the Lord: O city of blood, a pot in which there is rust, in it, and the rust has not gone out of it. By piece it has brought it out; no lot fell upon it.

For her blood is in the midst of her; upon a bare rock I have set it; I have not poured it out on the ground, to cover it with dust.

to cause wrath to rise for vengeance; to be avenged I have given her blood upon a bare rock, so that it might not cover it

Therefore thus says the Lord: I also will make the firepot great.

and I will multiply the wood and kindle the fire, so that the flesh may melt and the broth may be reduced

And it shall stand upon the coals so that its bronze may be heated and warmed and its impurity may melt away in the midst of its filthiness, and its rust may fail.

and its rust shall not come out from it much; its rust shall be put to shame, its rust

Because you became defiled, and what if you will not be cleansed any more until I have filled my wrath?

I the Lord have spoken, and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not hold back, nor will I surely have pity. According to your ways and according to your devices I will judge you, says the Lord. Therefore I myself will judge you according to your bloods, and according to your devices I will judge you, the unclean, the famous one and the much one in provoking bitterly.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying

Son of man, behold, I am taking from you the desires of your eyes in a plague; you shall not be cut, nor shall you weep.

A sigh of blood, of the loins of mourning, it is; your hair shall not be braided upon you, and your sandals shall be on your feet; you shall not be comforted by their lips, and you shall not eat men’s bread.

And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me, and my wife died in the evening; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

And the people said to me, Will you not declare to us what these are that you are doing?

And I said to them: the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am profaning my holy things, the pride of your strength, the desires of your eyes, and over which your souls have compassion, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

And you shall do as I have done; from their mouth you shall not be comforted, and you shall not eat men’s bread.

and your hair on your heads and your sandals on your feet, neither shall you tear nor shall you weep; and you shall pine away in your iniquities, and each one shall comfort his brother

And Ezekiel shall be to you for a portent; according to all that he did, you shall do when these things come, and you shall know that I am the Lord

And you, son of man, will it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters?

In that day the one who escapes will come to you to tell it to you in the ears

In that day your mouth shall be opened toward the one who is being saved, and you shall speak and you shall no longer be made mute, and you shall be for them for a wonder, and they shall know that I am the Lord