Ezekiel 24

^{1 !} He sheweth the destruction of Jerusalem by a parable of a seething pot.

^{1 a} Of Jeconiahs captiuitie, and of the reigne of Zedekiah, {2 King 23, 1}

^{1 b} Called Tebeth, which conteineth parte of December and parte of Januarie: in the which moneth and day Nebuchad-nezzar besieged Jerusalem.

^{3 c} Whereby was ment Jerusalem.

^{4 d} That is, the citizens, & the chief men thereof.

^{5 /} Or, heape.

^{5 e} Meaning, of the innocents, whome they had slaine, who were the cause of the kindeling of Gods wrath against them.

^{6 h} Spare none estate or condition.

^{6 f} Whose iniquities, & wicked citizens there yet remaine.

^{6 g} Signifying, that thei shulde not be destroyed all at once, but by litle & litle.

^{7 i} The citie shewed her crueltie to all the worlde, & was not ashamed thereof, nether yet hid it.

^{9 /} Or, an heape of wood.

^{10 k} Meaning, that the citie shulde be vtterly destroyed, and that he wolde giue the enemies an appetite there unto.

^{11 /} Or, become.

^{12 l} The citie hath flattered her self in vaine.

^{13 m} I labored by sending my Prophetes to call thee to repentance, but thou woldes not.

^{14 n} That is, the Babylonians.

^{16 !} The parable of Ezekiels wife being dead.

^{16 o} Meaning, his wife in whome he delited, as {ver 18}.

^{17 p} For in mourning they wnet bare headed and bare foted, and also couered their lippes.

^{17 q} That is, which the neighbour sent to them that mourned.

^{18 r} Meaning, the morning following.

^{21 t} Wherein you boast and delite.

^{21 s} By sending the Caldeans to destroie it, as {Chap. 7, 22}

^{25 /} Ebr. lifting vp of their soules.