Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood, yea, I, I make great the pile.

For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.

Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 24:6,
I will even make the pile for fire great; a large pile of wood, a great quantity of fuel to maintain the fire, and keep the pot boiling; meaning the vast army of the Chaldeans, which the Lord would bring against Jerusalem, which should closely besiege it, and vigorously attack it, until it had executed the fury of the wrath of God, comparable to fire, and of his judgments upon it. The Targum is,
"even I will multiply her destruction.''

the pile for fire--the hostile materials for the city's destruction.