Ezekiel 24:8
New International Version
To stir up wrath and take revenge I put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

New Living Translation
So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her.

English Standard Version
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.

Berean Standard Bible
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’

King James Bible
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

New King James Version
That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered.”

New American Standard Bible
“So that it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, So that it will not be covered.”

NASB 1995
“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.”

NASB 1977
“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.”

Legacy Standard Bible
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.”

Amplified Bible
“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood [guilt for her children sacrificed to Molech] on the bare rock, That it may not be covered.”

Christian Standard Bible
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

American Standard Version
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Contemporary English Version
But I have seen that blood, and it cries out for me to take revenge.

English Revised Version
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In order to stir up my fury so that I would pay that city back, I put the blood of its victims on a bare rock. Now that blood can't be covered.

Good News Translation
I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge."

International Standard Version
In order to stir up my anger and in order to take vengeance, I set the blood on a bare rock so that it cannot be covered.'

Majority Standard Bible
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’

NET Bible
To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

New Heart English Bible
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.'

Webster's Bible Translation
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

World English Bible
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, "" I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock—not to be covered.

Young's Literal Translation
To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock -- not to be covered.

Smith's Literal Translation
To cause wrath to come up, to avenge vengeance; I gave her blood upon the dry rock not to be covered.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So shall I bring my indignation over her, and take my vengeance. I have presented her blood upon the smoothest rock, so that it would not be covered.

New American Bible
To arouse wrath, to exact vengeance, I have left her blood on bare rock not to be covered.

New Revised Standard Version
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have placed the blood she shed on a bare rock, so that it may not be covered.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
That it might cause my fury to come up, to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a smooth rock, that it should not be covered.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
That the anger may go up to vengeance, I have given her blood on a smooth rock that it will not be concealed
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
that it might cause fury to come up, that vengeance might be taken, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Parable of the Cooking Pot
7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. 8In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’ 9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 7:19-20
But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame? / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Isaiah 63:3-6
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. / For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. / I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me. ...

Lamentations 2:17
The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.

2 Kings 21:12-13
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. / I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

Jeremiah 19:3-4
saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, / because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

Jeremiah 25:29-31
For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’ / So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. / The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

Nahum 3:5-6
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. / I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.

Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Revelation 18:24
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

Jeremiah 18:16-17
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads. / I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Matthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Jeremiah 44:22
So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.


Treasury of Scripture

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

it might

Ezekiel 5:13
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

Ezekiel 8:17,18
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose…

Ezekiel 22:30,31
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none…

I have set

Ezekiel 16:37,38
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness…

Ezekiel 23:45
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Jeremiah 22:8,9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? …

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Ezekiel 24
1. Under the parable of a boiling pot
6. is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15. By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19. is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow














In order to stir up wrath
The phrase "stir up wrath" indicates a deliberate action by God to provoke a response. The Hebrew root here is "עָלָה" (alah), which means to ascend or to cause to rise. This suggests that God is actively bringing the sins of Jerusalem to the forefront to ensure that His righteous anger is acknowledged. Historically, this reflects the period when God was using the Babylonian siege as a means to execute judgment on Jerusalem for its persistent idolatry and rebellion.

and take vengeance
The concept of "vengeance" in this context is rooted in the Hebrew word "נָקָם" (naqam), which implies retribution or justice. From a conservative Christian perspective, this is not about God being vindictive but about His justice being served. The historical context is crucial here, as the Israelites had broken their covenant with God, and divine justice was necessary to uphold the holiness of God’s law.

I put her blood on the bare rock
The imagery of "blood on the bare rock" is vivid and symbolic. The Hebrew word for "bare" is "גָּלָה" (galah), meaning uncovered or exposed. This signifies that the sins of Jerusalem are laid bare for all to see, with no attempt to hide or cover them. Archaeologically, this can be seen as a reference to the public nature of sacrifices and judgments in ancient times, where actions were often performed in open spaces for communal acknowledgment.

so that it would not be covered
The phrase "would not be covered" emphasizes the transparency of God’s judgment. The Hebrew root "כָּסָה" (kasah) means to conceal or hide. In the scriptural context, this indicates that God’s judgment is open and undeniable, serving as a warning and lesson to all. From a theological standpoint, it underscores the principle that sin cannot be hidden from God, and true repentance requires acknowledgment and confession.

(8) I have set.--Here God Himself is said to do that which has just been charged upon Jerusalem. There is no inconsistency between the statements; Jerusalem gloried in her crimes, and God made those crimes conspicuous as the cause of her punishment.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In order to stir up
לְהַעֲל֤וֹת (lə·ha·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

wrath
חֵמָה֙ (ḥê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison

and take vengeance,
לִנְקֹ֣ם (lin·qōm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5358: To grudge, avenge, punish

I have placed
נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

her blood
דָּמָ֖הּ (dā·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the bare
צְחִ֣יחַ (ṣə·ḥî·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6706: Glaring, exposed to the bright sun

rock,
סָ֑לַע (sā·la‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5553: A craggy rock

so that it would not
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

be covered.’
הִכָּסֽוֹת׃ (hik·kā·sō·wṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover


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