Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,"Your slainwhomyou have laidin the midstof the city are the fleshand this[city] is the pot;but I will bringyou out of it.
When Elishareturnedto Gilgal,[there was] a faminein the land.As the sonsof the prophetswere sittingbeforehim, he saidto his servant,"Puton the largepotand boilstewfor the sonsof the prophets."
The wordof the LORDcameto me a secondtimesaying,"Whatdo you see?"And I said,"I seea boilingpot,facingaway from the north."
"This[city] will not be a potfor you, norwill you be fleshin the midstof it, [but] I will judgeyou to the borderof Israel.
who say,Is not [the time] nearto buildhouses?This[city] is the potand we are the flesh.'
"And I will bringyou out of the midstof the city and deliveryou into the handsof strangersand executejudgmentsagainst you.
