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(A) Ezekiel, son of man, write down today's date, because the king of Babylonia has just begun attacking the city of Jerusalem. Then tell my rebellious people:

“Pour water in a cooking pot
    and set it over a fire.
* Throw[a] in the legs and shoulders
of your finest sheep
    and put in the juicy bones.

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  1. 24.4 Throw: When an asterisk (*) occurs before a verse number, it indicates that this verse and the following have been combined.

“Son of man, record(A) this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.(B) Tell this rebellious people(C) a parable(D) and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Put on the cooking pot;(E) put it on
    and pour water into it.
Put into it the pieces of meat,
    all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;(F)

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