put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
God knew Jerusalem was being sieged that very day, though Ezekiel sat in Babylon hundreds of miles away. When it came to pass exactly as the prophet announced, the people would have to admit he spoke truly from Heaven; his predictions, like his news, came from the same source.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 24:1-14
The good pieces, thigh and shoulder, are the princes, the great, the wealthy, who gathered in Jerusalem thinking to save themselves. The choice bones are the strongest fighters, the militia they brought to defend the city. Instead they were cooked, boiled away like meat in a pot.
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The choice bones with flesh adhering mean the distinguished of the people. But notice: the bones without flesh, used as fuel beneath the pot, answer to the poorest, who suffer first and are done sooner. The rich endure the slower, hotter boil.
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