Eze 24:3 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. Set on a pot ] The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh , the inhabitants in general; every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder , King Zedekiah and his family; the bones , the soldiers; and the setting on the pot , the commencement of the siege. The prophet was then in Mesopotamia ; and he was told particularly to mark the day, &c., that it might be seen how precisely the spirit of prophecy had shown the very day in which the siege took place. Under the same image of a boiling pot , Jeremiah had represented the siege of Jerusalem, . Ezekiel was a priest; the action of boiling pots was familiar to him, as these things were much in use in the temple service.

‏ Ezekiel 24:3

Verse 3. Set on a pot] The pot was Jerusalem; the flesh, the inhabitants in general; every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, King Zedekiah and his family; the bones, the soldiers; and the setting on the pot, the commencement of the siege. The prophet was then in Mesopotamia; and he was told particularly to mark the day, &c., that it might be seen how precisely the spirit of prophecy had shown the very day in which the siege took place. Under the same image of a boiling pot, Jeremiah had represented the siege of Jerusalem, Jer 1:13. Ezekiel was a priest; the action of boiling pots was familiar to him, as these things were much in use in the temple service.