Yehezkiel 11:3
Konteks11:3 They say, 1 ‘The time is not near to build houses; 2 the city 3 is a cooking pot 4 and we are the meat in it.’
Yehezkiel 24:6
Konteks24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot whose rot 5 is in it,
whose rot has not been removed 6 from it!
Empty it piece by piece.
No lot has fallen on it. 7
[11:3] 1 tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.
[11:3] 2 sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).
[11:3] 3 tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.
[11:3] 4 sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.
[24:6] 6 tn Heb “has not gone out.”
[24:6] 7 tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.