Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 24:4
A church father on this verse
“(Ver. 23, 24 onwards) Again, I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands, because they had not performed my judgments, and had rejected my commandments, and had violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes had been after the idols (or thoughts) of their fat…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,
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In context
2Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, even from this day.
3And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:
— Ezekiel 24:4 —
5which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.
6Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.