And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith the Lord, O ye house of Israel, this have ye said, and I know that which riseth up of your minds.

Many have ye murdered in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, They that ye have slain, and have laid in the midst of it, they are [a]the flesh, and this city is the caldron, but I will bring you forth of the midst of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 11:7 Contrary to their vain confidence he showeth in what sense the city is the caldron: that is, because of the dead bodies that have been murdered therein, and so lie as flesh in the caldron.

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.(A) You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.(B)

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

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