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

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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, this is what the Lord [a]God says: “Your (A)slain whom you have laid in the midst of [b]the city are the meat 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 As in LXX; MT 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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Present a (A)parable to the (B)rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:

“Put on the (C)pot, put it on and also pour water into 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, this is what the Lord God says:

“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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