Ezekiel 11:3–12

^3ywho say, ^z‘The time is not near¹ to build houses. ^aThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ ⁴Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

⁵And ^bthe Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^cFor I know the things that come into your mind. ^6dYou have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. ⁷Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^eYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^athey are the meat, and ^athis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. ^8fYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. ⁹And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^ggive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^hexecute judgments upon you. ¹⁰ⁱYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^jand you shall know that I am the Lord. ^11kThis city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ¹²and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, ^lbut have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”