Ezekiel 11:7
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
8Ye have feared the sword; and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:13And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.'
Ezekiel 3:9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.'
Ezekiel 24:6Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose filth is therein, and whose filth is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; no lot is fallen upon it.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:2-14
Message of Wrath to Jerusalem; Presumption of the Princes; Awakening Predictions. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord 's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, It is not near; let us… Read the whole commentary →