Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 24:5

5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Pick out the very best in the flock, that is, the greatest, richest, most powerful for Authority, and Interest in the Nation, and City,

Or, heap together, in order to burn, to make a fire with.

The Bones, not of the pieces to be boiled, but the bones of the many Innocents murthered in Ierusalem, and in the Land, for their blood cryeth for vengeance, and their bones scattered on the face of the Earth, will both make, and maintain this fire.

Let the Fire be so great, and the Pot so long over, till all within it be boiled thoroughly, till boiled that all the strength and marrow be wasted, and the very flesh drop to pieces, so shall this people be wasted by this Judgment.

See ver. 4. let. s. this is doubled to assure us, however the meaner sort did, the more considerable part of the Iews should not scape; in this Allegory there may lie coucht an exact correspondence between the sins, and punishments of this people; Their sin was the slaying the best, or by oppressing them, broke their bones, boiled out the marrow, suckt them dry, and now God will retaliate to these men.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word].