Discovery BoxEzekiel 24:6 
Context24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot whose rot 1 is in it,
whose rot has not been removed 2 from it!
Empty it piece by piece.
No lot has fallen on it. 3
Ezekiel 4:17
Context4:17 because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. 4
1 tn Or “rust.”
2 tn Heb “has not gone out.”
3 tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.
4 tn Or “in their punishment.” Ezek 4:16-17 alludes to Lev 26:26, 39. The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here, 3:18, 19; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
