2. The Lord said to me: Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.
3. They are saying, “No need to build houses! The city is the pot, and we are the meat.”
4. Therefore prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!
5. Then the spirit of the Lord fell upon me and told me to say: Thus says the Lord: This is how you talk, house of Israel. I know the things that come into your mind!
6. You have slain many in this city, filled its streets with the slain.
7. Therefore thus says the Lord God: The slain whom you piled up in it, that is the meat, the pot is the city. But you I will bring out of it.
8. You fear the sword—that sword I will bring upon you—oracle of the Lord God.
9. I will bring you out of the city, hand you over to foreigners, and execute judgments against you.
10. By the sword you shall fall. At the borders of Israel I will judge you so that you will know that I am the Lord.
11. The city shall not be a pot for you, nor shall you be meat within it. At the borders of Israel I will judge you,
12. so you shall know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you did not follow, whose ordinances you did not keep. Instead, you acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.
13. While I was prophesying, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, dropped dead. I fell down on my face and cried out in a loud voice: “Alas, Lord God! You are finishing off what remains of Israel!”
14. The word of the Lord came to me: