5 Then the Spirit of the Lord entered me and told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: You have said these things, people of Israel, and I know what you are thinking.
6 You have killed many people in this city, filling its streets with their bodies.
7 “So this is what the Lord God says: Those people you have killed and left in the middle of the city are like the best meat, and this city is like the cooking pot. But I will force you out of the city.
8 You have feared the sword, but I will bring a sword against you, says the Lord God.
9 I will force you out of the city and hand you over to strangers and punish you.
10 You will die by the sword. I will punish you at the border of Israel so you will know that I am the Lord.
11 This city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the best meat in the middle of it. I will punish you at the border of Israel.