Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
The verse portrays Jerusalem in its punishment under siege as meat in a pot consumed by a great fire. Wood is heaped on, the fire is kindled, the flesh is boiled away and well seasoned, and even the bones are burned. That consuming fire is the destruction and death that came upon the city because its people refused the Lord's word, with no lot cast to decide who would escape and who would be destroyed.
The verse portrays Jerusalem in its punishment under siege as meat in a pot consumed by a great fire. Wood is heaped on, the fire is kindled, the flesh is boiled away and well seasoned, and even the bones are burned. That consuming fire is the destruction and death that came upon the city because its people refused the Lord's word, with no lot cast to decide who would escape and who would be destroyed.