7. ‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But I shall bring you out of the midst of it.
8. “You have feared the sword, and I bring a sword upon you,” declares the Master יהוה.
9. “And I shall bring you out of its midst, and give you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.
10. “By the sword you fall. At the border of Yisra’ĕl I judge you. And you shall know that I am יהוה.
11. “This city is not your cooking pot, nor are you the meat in its midst. At the border of Yisra’ĕl I judge you.
12. “And you shall know that I am יהוה, for you have not walked in My laws nor executed My right-rulings, but have done according to the rulings of the gentiles which are all around you.” ’ ”
13. And it came to be, while I was prophesying, that Pelatyahu son of Benayah died. And I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Master יהוה! Are You making an end of the remnant of Yisra’ĕl?”