10. You will die by the sword. I will punish you here in Israel, so you will know that I am the Lord.
11. Yes, this place will be the cooking pot, and you will be the meat cooking in it. I will punish you here in Israel.
12. Then you will know that I am the Lord. It was my law that you broke. You did not obey my commands. You decided to live like the nations around you.”
13. As soon as I finished speaking for God, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died! I fell to the ground. I bowed with my face touching the ground and said, “Oh, Lord GOD, you are going to completely destroy all the survivors of Israel!”
14. But then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
15. “Son of man, remember your brothers, the family of Israel. They were forced to leave their country, but I will bring them back. But now, the people living in Jerusalem are saying, ‘Stay far away from the Lord. This land was given to us—it is ours!’