Ezekiel 11:3–12

³who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. ¹This ^acity is the pot, and we are the flesh.’

⁴“Therefore, ^aprophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”

⁵Then the Spirit of Yahweh fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “So you say, house of Israel, for ^aI know what comes up in your ^bspirit.

⁶“You have ^amultiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with ¹them.”

⁷‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Your ^aslain whom you have laid in the midst of ¹the city are the flesh, and this city is the pot; but ²I will ^bbring you out of it.

⁸“You have ^afeared a sword; so a sword I will ^bbring upon you,” Lord Yahweh declares.

⁹“And I will bring you out of the midst of ¹the city and give you into the hands of ^astrangers and ^bexecute judgments against you.

¹⁰“You will ^afall by the sword. I will judge you to the ^bborder of Israel; so you shall know that I am Yahweh.

¹¹“This city will ^anot be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

¹²“Thus you will know that I am Yahweh; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you ^aexecuted My judgments, but have executed according to the judgments of the ^bnations around you.” ’ ”