5 The Lord’s Spirit came to me and told me to say, “This is what the Lord says: You are saying these things, nation of Israel. But I know what’s going through your mind.
6 You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.
7 “So this is what the Almighty Lord says: The corpses that you put in the middle of the city are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot. I will force you out of the city.
8 You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord.
9 I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you.
10 You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel’s borders. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
11 The city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the meat in it. I will judge you at Israel’s borders.