Verses 9-14 continue to apply the image of the cooking pot to the city of Jerusalem.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: See Ezek 24.3.

Woe to the bloody city!: See Ezek 24.6.

I also will make the pile great: The pile refers to the firewood that is put under the pot to make it hot. This clause shows God’s intention to make a big fire to punish the people of Jerusalem severely. Translators may say “I too [or, I myself] will pile up the wood high for the fire.”

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .