³They say, ‘It is almost time for us to build houses. This city is like a cooking pot, and we are like the best meat.’ ⁴So prophesy against them, prophesy, human.”

⁵Then the Spirit of the Lord entered me and told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: You have said these things, people of Israel, and I know what you are thinking. ⁶You have killed many people in this city, filling its streets with their bodies.

⁷“So this is what the Lord God says: Those people you have killed and left in the middle of the city are like the best meat, and this city is like the cooking pot. But I will force you out of the city. ⁸You have feared the sword, but I will bring a sword against you, says the Lord God. ⁹I will force you out of the city and hand you over to strangers and punish you. ¹⁰You will die by the sword. I will punish you at the border of Israel so you will know that I am the Lord. ¹¹This city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the best meat in the middle of it. I will punish you at the border of Israel. ¹²Then you will know that I am the Lord. You did not live by my rules or obey my laws. Instead, you did the same things as the nations around you.”

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