3 They say things like, ‘Let's build more houses. This city is like a cooking pot over a fire, and we are the meat, but at least the pot keeps us from being burnt in the fire.’
4 So, Ezekiel, condemn them!”
5 The Lord's Spirit took control of me and told me to tell these leaders:I, the Lord God, know what you leaders are saying.
6 You have murdered so many people that the city is filled with dead bodies!
7 This city is indeed a cooking pot, but the bodies of those you killed are the meat. And so I will force you to leave Jerusalem,
8 and I'll send armies to attack you, just as you fear.
9 Then you will be captured and punished by foreign enemies.