When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.”
Ezekiel 11:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 they say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which say, It is not near: let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who say, [The time] is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh. American Standard Version (1901) that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. Common English Bible They are the ones who say, “The nearest relatives aren’t building houses. The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.” Catholic Public Domain Version saying: 'Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh. |
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.”
who say, “Let him make haste; let him speed his work that we may see it; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment, that we may know it!”
Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel that says, “The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing”?
Mortal, the house of Israel is saying, “The vision that he sees is for many years ahead; he prophesies for distant times.”
Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near— of tumult, not of reveling on the mountains.
who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David improvise on instruments of music,
who eat the flesh of my people, flay their skin off them, break their bones in pieces, and chop them up like meat in a kettle, like flesh in a caldron.
and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”