1. The word of Adonai came to me in the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year saying:
2. “Son of man, record this date, this exact day—this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
3. Utter a parable concerning the rebellious house. Say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Put on the pot, put it on and then pour water into it.
4. Gather the pieces into it, every good piece —thigh and shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.