Ezekiel 11:3–12

³They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,^m and we are the meat in it.’^{n 4}Therefore prophesy^o against them; prophesy, son of man.”

⁵Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.^{p 6}You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.^q

⁷“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot,^r but I will drive you out of it.^{s 8}You fear the sword,^t and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.^{u 9}I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands^v of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.^{w 10}You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.^x Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹¹This city will not be a pot^y for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. ¹²And you will know that I am the Lord,^z for you have not followed my decrees^a or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.^b”