Ezekiel 11:7

7 "Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I^[a] will remove you from it.

Ezekiel 11:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:7

Therefore thus saith the Lord God
Applying the parabolical expressions they had derided, and explaining them, in a different sense from what they had put upon them: your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh;
the prophets they had killed; the persons, who had died innocently for crimes laid to their charge they had not been guilty of; and such who had fallen by one judgment or another since the siege, they were the persons intended by "the flesh", and not such as were alive; and therefore could promise themselves nothing from this proverb they had taken up, and scoffed at: and this [city is] the cauldron;
that holds the slain, and in which they will lie and continue, and not the living: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it:
where they promised themselves safety, and a long continuance; yet should not abide, but be carried captive.

Ezekiel 11:7 In-Context

5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and He told me, "You are to say: This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.

6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.

7 "Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will remove you from it.

8 You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .

9 "I will bring you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you.

Footnotes

• [a] Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read He