² Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day.

³ And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it.

⁴ Heap together into it the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.