2. Then [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,
3. Who say, [The time] is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh.
4. Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!
5. And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, Speak. Say, Thus says the Lord: This is what you thought, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind.
6. You have multiplied your slain in this city and you have filled its streets with the slain.
7. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in your midst; they are the flesh and this city is the boiling pot, but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
8. You have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord God.
9. And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and execute judgments among you.
10. You shall fall by the sword; I will judge and punish you [before your neighbors] at the border or outside the land of Israel, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.
11. This city shall not be your boiling pot, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border or outside of Israel;
12. And you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.
13. And while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face and cried with a loud voice, Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?