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Ezekiel 11:3-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezekiel 11:3-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 They are saying, “No need to build houses! The city is the pot, and we are the meat.”[a](A) 4 Therefore prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy! 5 Then the spirit of the Lord fell upon me and told me to say: Thus says the Lord: This is how you talk, house of Israel. I know the things that come into your mind! 6 You have slain many in this city, filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: The slain whom you piled up in it, that is the meat, the pot is the city. But you I will bring out of it.(B) 8 You fear the sword—that sword I will bring upon you—oracle of the Lord God.(C) 9 I will bring you out of the city, hand you over to foreigners, and execute judgments against you. 10 By the sword you shall fall. At the borders of Israel I will judge you so that you will know that I am the Lord. 11 The city shall not be a pot for you, nor shall you be meat within it. At the borders of Israel I will judge you,(D) 12 so you shall know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you did not follow, whose ordinances you did not keep. Instead, you acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.
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- 11:3 No need to build houses…meat: this advice is based on the conviction that invincible Jerusalem will protect its citizens from further danger just as a pot shields the meat inside from the fire. The poorer citizens of Jerusalem and the refugees from nearby villages can now appropriate the property abandoned by the city’s wealthier upper class when they were deported (v. 15). The metaphor of the pot and its contents reappears in chap. 24.
Ezekiel 11:3-12
New International Version
Ezekiel 11:3-12
New International Version
3 They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,(A) and we are the meat in it.’(B) 4 Therefore prophesy(C) against them; prophesy, son of man.”
5 Then 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.(D) 6 You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.(E)
7 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot,(F) but I will drive you out of it.(G) 8 You fear the sword,(H) and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(I) 9 I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands(J) of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.(K) 10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.(L) Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11 This city will not be a pot(M) for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. 12 And you will know that I am the Lord,(N) for you have not followed my decrees(O) or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(P)”
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