They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,(A) and we are the meat in it.’(B) Therefore prophesy(C) against them; prophesy, son of man.”

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.(D) You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.(E)

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot,(F) but I will drive you out of it.(G) You fear the sword,(H) and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(I) I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands(J) of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.(K) 10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.(L) Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11 This city will not be a pot(M) for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.

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Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

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