they say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.’
Ezekiel 11:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 This city shall not be your pot, and you shall not be the meat inside it; I will judge you at the border of Israel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This city shall not be your boiling pot, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border or outside of Israel; American Standard Version (1901) This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will judge you in the border of Israel; Common English Bible The city won’t be your cooking pot, and you won’t be the meat in it. At Israel’s borders, I will judge you. Catholic Public Domain Version This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be like meat in its midst. I will judge you within the borders of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This shall not be as a caldron to you, and you shall not be as flesh in the midst thereof: I will judge you in the borders of Israel. |
they say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.’
And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot; set it on; pour in water also;
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, the pot whose crud is in it, whose crud has not gone out of it! Empty it piece by piece, making no choice at all.