3. They say, ‘It is almost time for us to build houses. This city is like a cooking pot, and we are like the best meat.’
4. So prophesy against them, prophesy, human.”
5. Then the Spirit of the Lord entered me and told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: You have said these things, people of Israel, and I know what you are thinking.
6. You have killed many people in this city, filling its streets with their bodies.
7. “So this is what the Lord God says: Those people you have killed and left in the middle of the city are like the best meat, and this city is like the cooking pot. But I will force you out of the city.
8. You have feared the sword, but I will bring a sword against you, says the Lord God.
9. I will force you out of the city and hand you over to strangers and punish you.
10. You will die by the sword. I will punish you at the border of Israel so you will know that I am the Lord.
11. This city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the best meat in the middle of it. I will punish you at the border of Israel.
12. Then you will know that I am the Lord. You did not live by my rules or obey my laws. Instead, you did the same things as the nations around you.”
13. As I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I bowed facedown on the ground and shouted with a loud voice, “Oh no, Lord God! Will you completely destroy the Israelites who are left alive?”