2. And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;
3. who are saying, It [is] not near--to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.
4. Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'
5. And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.
6. Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.
7. Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded whom ye placed in its midst, They [are] the flesh, and it [is] the pot, And you he hath brought out from its midst.
8. A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
9. And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments.
10. By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.
11. It is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you.
12. And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you--ye have done!'
13. And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry--a loud voice--and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'
14. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,