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Ezekiel 24 Introduction
英文原文
In Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel is commissioned to announce to his fellow-exiles that the destruction of Jerusalem, so long foretold, was now in course of execution, that the siege had actually begun. This he is to declare:
(1) by a parable - of the boiling pot,
(2) by a symbolic act - the abstaining from the usual outward mourning for his wife's death.
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Ezekiel 24:1
本章的预言，是在前一段预言（Ezekiel 20:1）之后二年零五个月传讲的。这里所提的日子，正是尼布甲尼撒完成围城部署、封锁该城的那一天（见旁注参考）。被掳之后，这一天被定期守为禁食的日子（Zechariah 8:19）。
英文原文
The prophecies in this chapter were delivered two years and five months after those of the previous section Ezekiel 20:1. The day mentioned here was the very day on which Nebuchadnezzar completed his arrangements for the siege, and closed in the city (marginal references). After the captivity this day was regularly observed as a fast day Zechariah 8:19.
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Ezekiel 24:3
锅 - 或作「大锅」,呼应 Ezekiel 11:3。先知借这形像表明彻底的毁灭。锅就是那城,火是四围的军队,肉与骨是关在城墙之内的居民。
英文原文
A pot - Or, the caldron; with reference to Ezekiel 11:3. The prophet indicates by the figure utter destruction. The caldron is the city, the fire is the surrounding army, the flesh and bones are the inhabitants shut in within the walls.
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Ezekiel 24:4
肉块 - 或作「属那锅的块子」；即为锅而设、属于锅的肉块，正如居民属于城一样。上好的肉块就是民中的首要人物（Ezekiel 11:3）。
英文原文
The pieces thereof - Or, that belong to it; i. e., the pieces which are designed for the caldron, and belong to it as the inhabitants belong to the city. The choice pieces are the choice members of the community Ezekiel 11:3.
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Ezekiel 24:5
烧 - 宜按旁注译法；骨头可以当作燃料。
英文原文
Burn - Rather, as in margin; the bones would serve for fuel.
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Ezekiel 24:6
浮渣 - 译作「锈」更好（Ezekiel 24:11-12 处亦同）。
将它一一取出 - 这个「它」指这座城；即把居民一个一个带出去，使这城被倒空——无论是借着死亡、放逐，还是被掳。
不必为它拈阄 - 在约雅敬的被掳和约雅斤的被掳中，有人被带走，有人留下。如今所有的人都必被迁出。
英文原文
Scum - Better, rust (and in Ezekiel 24:11-12).
Bring it out piece by piece - It, the city; bring out the inhabitants, one by one, clear the city of them, whether by death, exile, or captivity.
Let no lot fall upon it - In the captivity of Jehoiakim and in that of Jehoiachin, some were taken, others left. Now all shall be removed.
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Ezekiel 24:7
磐石顶上 - 血被倒在光秃干燥的磐石上，既无法渗入，也不可能不引人注意。
英文原文
The top of a rock - The blood was poured upon a naked, dry, rock where it could not be absorbed or unnoticed.
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Ezekiel 24:10
把肉煮尽……好好煮透 - 即「烹煮肉，使它翻滚冒泡，让骨头和肉一同煮烂净尽」。
英文原文
Consume ... spice it well - i. e., "dress the flesh, and make it froth and bubble, that the bones and the flesh may be all boiled up together."
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Ezekiel 24:16
以西结妻子的死，发生在他传讲上述预言的当天傍晚。这一事件是要向百姓表明：主必从他们夺去他们最珍视的一切；并且——由于时代非同寻常——照惯常的哀悼形式安静地为死者举哀，将是不可能的。
英文原文
The death of Ezekiel's wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was most dear to them; and - owing to the extraordinary nature of the times - quiet lamentation for the dead, according to the usual forms of mourning, would be impossible.
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Ezekiel 24:17
祭司照例要为死者举哀（Leviticus 21:1及以下经文）；但以西结要作这条例的例外。"头巾"即祭司的裹头巾。
"不可吃人的饼"——指为安慰居丧者而预备的食物。
英文原文
The priest in general was to mourn for his dead (Leviticus 21:1 ff); but Ezekiel was to be an exception to the rule. The "tire" was the priest's mitre.
Eat not the bread of men - Food supplied for the comfort of the mourners.
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Ezekiel 24:23
"消瘦"——请比较 Leviticus 26:39。外在的哀伤表现本是某种安慰；这些表现若不存在，便表明那是一种消耗心灵的忧伤。
英文原文
Pine away - Compare Leviticus 26:39. The outward signs of grief were a certain consolation. Their absence would indicate a heart-consuming sorrow.
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Ezekiel 24:27
四年来，以西结一直受差遣预告将要临到的灾祸。耶路撒冷的居民全然无视他，被掳之人口头上尊敬他，心里却不信。如今，直到这城实际被攻取之前，就神的百姓而言，预言的声音将要止息。因此，这期间插入了一连串论及邻国与外邦的预言（Ezekiel 25-32章）。此后，先知的声音才再次向被掳中的同胞发出。这就解释了以下八章看似插叙的性质。
英文原文
Ezekiel had been employed four years in foretelling the calamities about to come to pass. He had been utterly disregarded by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and received with apparent respect but with real incredulity by those in exile. Now until the city had been actually taken, the voice of prophecy should cease, so far as God's people were concerned. Hence the intervening series of predictions relating to neighboring and foreign nations Ezekiel 25-32. After which the prophet's voice was again heard addressing his countrymen in their exile. This accounts for the apparently parenthetical character of the next eight chapters.
在 Ezekiel 24，以西结奉命向他的被掳同胞宣告：那久已预言的耶路撒冷之毁灭，如今正在执行之中，围城实际已经开始了。他要以如下方式宣告：
（1）借一个比喻——滚沸的锅；
（2）借一个象征的行动——妻子死后，抑制不加通常外表的哀悼。