Ezekiel 24:3-4 - Exposition

Set on a pot , etc. The words contain an obvious reference to the imagery of Ezekiel 11:3-7 . The people had used that imagery either in the spirit of a false security or in the recklessness of despair. It is now the prophet's work to remind them that the interpretation which he gave to their own comparison had proved to be the true one. The cauldron is the city, the fire is the invading army, the metal of the cauldron does not protect them. The pieces , the choice bones, were the princes and chief men of the people.