Ezekiel 11:3–12

³who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh. ⁴Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man. ⁵And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them. ⁶Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. ⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it. ⁸Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah. ⁹And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. ¹⁰Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. ¹¹This shall not be your cauldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it: I will judge you in the borders of Israel; ¹²and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, neither have done mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.