8. You are afraid of the sword, but I am bringing the sword against you!’” This is what the Lord GOD said.
9. He also said, “I will take you out of this city and give you to strangers. I will punish you.
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!”