1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the Lord’s word came to me:
2 Human one, write down today’s date, because today the king of Babylon has set up camp at Jerusalem—today!
3 Compose a parable for the rebels’ household and say to them, The Lord God proclaims:Put on the pot, set it on,and fill it with water.
4 Add meat to it,every good piece.With shoulder and thigh,the meatiest bones, fill it up.
5 Take the flock’s best animal;arrange the wood beneath it.Bring it to a rolling boil,and cook its bones in it.