10 So heap on the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well, mixing in the spices; and let the bones be charred.
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
10 Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,
10 Stack the wood high, light the match, Cook the meat, spice it well, pour out the broth, and then burn the bones.
10 Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be burned up.
10 Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat with many spices, and afterward burn the bones.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 24:10
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.