Ezekiel 24:1-14
Summary for Ezek 24:1-14: 24:1-14 a At first sight, the picture of a cooking pot is positive, conjuring expectations of good food and fellowship. Various choice pieces of a sacrificial animal had been gathered, a fire was kindled underneath the pot, and the contents were brought to a simmer. However, as in many parables, there is a sting in the tail of the story. What ought to have been a tasty meal had become a foul, profane mess. The choice pieces of meat that had gone in were uniformly corrupt when they came out. The pot represented Jerusalem (24:9 b); its contents would be burned and destroyed.24:2 c Ezekiel had been warning the people of this event, and it had now finally arrived (see also 2 Kgs 25:1-2 d).
• is beginning his attack against (literally is leaning on): The same terminology was used when a worshiper pressed his hands on the animal he had brought to be sacrificed (Lev 1:4 e; 3:2 f). Jerusalem was thus identified as the sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered to the glory of God.
24:3 g The people of Jerusalem were rebels against their treaty with Babylon and against their covenant with the Lord.
Summary for Ezek 24:6-8: 24:6-8 h The cooking pot was beyond cleansing. Jerusalem was full of blood that she had shed and left exposed. The Old Testament required that the blood of animals shed for meat be covered with earth (Lev 17:13 i). By leaving the blood of her innocent victims exposed, Jerusalem was doubly guilty. Her own blood would justly be splashed on the rocks (cp. Ps 137:8-9 j).
Summary for Ezek 24:9-12: 24:9-12 k God declared that he would now make the cooking pot , Jerusalem, as red hot as if it were in a refiner’s furnace. Even this fire would not purge its corruption, however, for Jerusalem’s impurity was indelible.
Summary for Ezek 24:13-14: 24:13-14 l All that remained for Jerusalem was judgment without pity because of her wicked deeds and her refusal to turn back to the Lord.
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