1 A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw that two officials of the people, Jaazaniah, Azzur’s son, and Pelatiah, Benaiah’s son, were with them.
2 He said to me: Human one, these men devise evil plans and give wicked advice in this city.
3 They are the ones who say, "The nearest relatives aren’t building houses. The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat."
4 Therefore, prophesy against them, human one, prophesy!
5 The Lord’s spirit took hold of me, and he said to me: Say, This is what the Lord God proclaims: So you have said, house of Israel! But I know what you really mean.
6 You continue to commit murder in this city, and you fill its streets with the slain.
7 Therefore, the Lord God proclaims: The city is the cooking pot, and the ones you have slain in it are the meat. But you will be taken out of it.