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.
12 Then you will know that I am the Lord. You did not live by my rules or obey my laws. Instead, you did the same things as the nations around you.”
13 As I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I bowed facedown on the ground and shouted with a loud voice, “Oh no, Lord God! Will you completely destroy the Israelites who are left alive?”