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title = "Ezekiel 24:1–14"
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date = "2023-05-04"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel24.1-14)
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"This very day" (_v. 2_), on which the Lord tells Jeremiah the siege of
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Jerusalem has begun, is generally thought to be January 15, 588 <span
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style="font-variant-caps: small-caps">b.c.</span> On this day, Ezekiel tells a
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parable to the exiles that speaks of a cooking pot. A festive meal is prepared:
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good pieces of meat boiled in water, the choicest member of the flock. Wood is
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piled up in a fire beneath the pot, and everything is set to boil.
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But, woe! The pot is rusty and contaminates the food. Piece after piece is
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taken out, but the rust remains. This corrosion is identified as the blood shed
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by the violence in Jerusalem. Like the blood of Abel, it lies on bare rock and
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cries out for justice. It wasn't even covered up, but just left open to the
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air.
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Because of this the Lord is going to empty out the pot and heat it hotter and
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hotter. While the uncleanness melts, the corrosion is not burned away. So the
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Lord continues to pour wrath ever hotter into the fire, until His fury is
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satisifed.
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* * *
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You punish sin as it deserves and bring justice to the oppressed.
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