Ezekiel 11:3–12

³They say, ‘We will soon be building houses again.^v The city is like a cooking pot, and we are like the meat in it, but at least it protects us from the fire.’ ⁴Now then, denounce them, mortal man.”

⁵The spirit of the Lord took control of me, and the Lord told me to give the people this message: “People of Israel, I know what you are saying and what you are planning. ⁶You have murdered so many people here in the city that the streets are full of corpses.

⁷“So this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to you. This city is indeed a cooking pot, but what is the meat? The corpses of those you have killed! You will not be here—I will throw you out of the city! ⁸Are you afraid of swords? I will bring men with swords to attack you. ⁹I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners. I have sentenced you to death, ¹⁰and you will be killed in battle in your own country. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord. ¹¹This city will not protect you as a pot protects the meat in it. I will punish you wherever you may be in the land of Israel. ¹²You will know that I am the Lord and that while you were keeping the laws of the neighbouring nations, you were breaking my laws and disobeying my commands.”