10. You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the lord.
11. No, this city will not be an iron pot for you, and you will not be like meat safe inside it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel,
12. and you will know that I am the lord. For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you.”
13. While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign lord, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
14. Then this message came to me from the lord:
15. “Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the lord, so now he has given their land to us!’
16. “Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.
17. I, the Sovereign lord, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.’
18. “When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols.
19. And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,