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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 24, Verse 5

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Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
King James Version
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
American Standard Version
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron] ; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
New English Translation
Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up wood under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.
World English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
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That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
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Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and [that] the filthiness of it may be molten in it, [that] the scum of it may be consumed.
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She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.
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In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
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I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
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Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,