who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. [a]This (A)city is the pot and we are the flesh.’

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  1. Ezekiel 11:3 Or This is

They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,(A) and we are the meat in it.’(B)

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Therefore, thus says the Lord [a]God, “Your (A)slain whom you have laid in the midst of [b]the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but [c]I will (B)bring you out of it.

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  1. Ezekiel 11:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 11:7 Lit it
  3. Ezekiel 11:7 So with Gr; Heb he will bring you out

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot,(A) but I will drive you out of it.(B)

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Speak a (A)parable to the (B)rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [a]God,

“Put on the (C)pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

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  1. Ezekiel 24:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Tell this rebellious people(A) a parable(B) and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Put on the cooking pot;(C) put it on
    and pour water into it.

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‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“Woe to the (A)bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
[a]Without making a choice.

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  1. Ezekiel 24:6 Lit No lot has fallen on it

“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

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