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A Twisted Metaphor of Judgment
Commentators explain a powerful irony in this verse. The people of Jerusalem had previously boasted that their city was a protective "caldron" (Ezekiel 11:3). Here, God turns their proud metaphor against them, declaring that the city they saw as a source of safety would become a pot of boiling judgment, trapping them for destruction.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 24:3
18th Century
Theologian
A pot - Or, the caldron; with reference to (Ezekiel 11:3). The prophet indicates by the figure utter destruction. The caldron is…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 24:3
19th Century
Bishop
Utter a parable. —What follows (Ezekiel 24:3–14) was not a symbolical action, but was simply a parable spoken…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 24:3
17th Century
Pastor
And utter a parable to the rebellious house
The people of the Jews so called, not so much on account of their rebell…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 24:1–14
17th Century
Minister
The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: people of all ranks and stations were within the walls, prepared as prey for t…