9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
9 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: " 'Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the wood high.
9 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
9 "'Therefore, this is what God, the Master, says: "'Doom to the city of murder! I, too, will pile on the wood.
9 'Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Woe to the bloody city! I too will make the pyre great.
9 "This is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 24:9
Commentary on Ezekiel 24:1-14
(Read Ezekiel 24:1-14)
The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgressions, as the scum, which rises by the heat of the fire, is taken from the top of the pot. But they grew worse, and their miseries increased. Jerusalem was to be levelled with the ground. The time appointed for the punishment of wicked men may seem to come slowly, but it will come surely. It is sad to think how many there are, on whom ordinances and providences are all lost.