9 " 'I will drive you out of the city. I will hand you over to strangers. And I will punish you.
10 You will be killed with swords. I will judge you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
11 " 'This city will not be a pot for you. And you will not be the meat in it. I will judge you at the borders of Israel.
12 Then you will know that I am the Lord. You have not followed my rules. You have not kept my laws. Instead, you have lived by the standards of the nations that are around you.' "
13 Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died as I was prophesying. Then I fell with my face toward the ground. I cried out in a loud voice. I said, "Lord and King, will you destroy all of the Israelites who are still left alive?"
14 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,
15 "Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have spoken about your relatives. They have also spoken about all of the other people of Israel. They have said, 'Stay far away from the Lord. This land was given to us. And it belongs to us.'