Yehezkiel 11:7

11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped ¹  in the midst of the city ²  are the meat, and this city ³  is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 24:3-6

24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house ⁵  and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Set on the pot, ⁶  set it on,

pour water in it too;

24:4 add the pieces of meat to it,

every good piece,

the thigh and the shoulder;

fill it with choice bones.

24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock,

heap up bones under it;

boil rapidly,

and boil its bones in it.

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ⁷  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ⁸  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ⁹ 

[11:7]  ¹ tn Heb “placed.”

[11:7]  ² tn Heb “in its midst.”

[11:7]  ³ tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.

[11:7]  ⁴ tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).

[24:3]  ⁵ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[24:3]  ⁶ sn See Ezek 11:3-12.

[24:6]  ⁷ tn Or “rust.”

[24:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “has not gone out.”

[24:6]  ⁹ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.