7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Your slain ones whom you put in its midst, they are the flesh, and it is the pot, and Ig will bring you out from its midst. 8 The sword you have feared, and the sword I will bring against you!” ⌊declares⌋h the Lord Yahweh. 9 “And I will bring you out from its midst, and I will give you into the hand of strangers, and I will execute judgments against you. 10 By the sword you will fall at the border of Israel; I will judge you, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 11 It will not be as a pot to you, and so you would bei in the midst of it as flesh, for at the border of Israel I will judge you. 12 And you will know that I am Yahweh, whosej rules you did not follow, and whosek regulations you did not do, but according to the regulations of the nations that are around you, you acted.” ’l

13 And it happened that ⌊as I was prophesying⌋,m Pelatiahu the son of Benaiahu died! And I fell on my face, and I cried with a loud voice, and I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh, you are making a complete destruction of the remnant of Israel!” 14 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,n 15 “Son of man,o your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all of the house of Israel, all of it, ⌊who said concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem⌋,p ‘They are far from Yahweh, therefore to us this land was given as a possession.’