Yehezkiel 11:4-7

11:4 Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ¹  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ²  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ³  11:6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’ 11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped ⁴  in the midst of the city ⁵  are the meat, and this city ⁶  is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. ⁷ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ² tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ³ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “placed.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in its midst.”

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.

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