Eze 11:3, 7-10 | ESV | STEP | who say , The time is not near to build houses . This city is the cauldron , and we are the meat .

a[Jer. 29:28]

b[ch. 12:22, 27]

d ch. 24:3, 6

e ch. 24:7

f[See ver. 3 above]

g[See ver. 3 above]

h Jer. 42:16

i ch. 7:21

jSee ch. 5:8

k Jer. 39:6; See 2 Kgs. 25:18-21

lSee ch. 6:7

Ezekiel 11:3

3 ^awho say, ^b‘The time is not near ^{▼▼Or Is not the time near . . . ?} to build houses. ^dThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

Ezekiel 11:7-10

7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^eYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^fthey are the meat, and ^gthis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 ^hYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ⁱgive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^jexecute judgments upon you. 10 ^kYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^land you shall know that I am the Lord.