7. “So this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to you. This city is indeed a cooking pot, but what is the meat? The corpses of those you have killed! You will not be here — I will throw you out of the city!
8. Are you afraid of swords? I will bring men with swords to attack you.
9. I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners. I have sentenced you to death,
10. and you will be killed in battle in your own country. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.
11. This city will not protect you as a pot protects the meat in it. I will punish you wherever you may be in the land of Israel.
12. You will know that I am the Lord and that while you were keeping the laws of the neighbouring nations, you were breaking my laws and disobeying my commands.”
13. While I was prophesying, Pelatiah dropped dead. I threw myself face downwards on the ground and shouted, “No, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to kill everyone left in Israel?”
14. The Lord spoke to me.