Ezekiel 11:3–12

³They say, ‘It’s almost time to rebuild homes. This city is a cooking pot, and we’re the meat.’ ⁴So prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.” 

⁵The Lord’s Spirit came to me and told me to say, “This is what the Lord says: You are saying these things, nation of Israel. But I know what’s going through your mind. ⁶You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses. 

⁷“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: The corpses that you put in the middle of the city are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot. I will force you out of the city. ⁸You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord. ⁹I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you. ¹⁰You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel’s borders. Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹¹The city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the meat in it. I will judge you at Israel’s borders. ¹²Then you will know that I am the Lord. You haven’t lived by my laws, and you haven’t obeyed my rules. You have followed the standards set by the nations around you.”