1. The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:
2. “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
3. Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:“‘Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;
4. add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece,the thigh and the shoulder;fill it with choice bones.
5. Take the choice bone of the flock,heap up bones under it;boil rapidly,and boil its bones in it.