They say,‘ Haven’t our houses just been built again? The city is like a pot used for cooking. And we are the meat in it.’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说，‘建造房屋的时候不是到了吗？我们的城像铁锅一样坚固，我们像在锅里的肉一样得到保护。’

他们说：‘建造房屋的时候还没有到；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說，『建造房屋的時候不是到了嗎？我們的城像鐵鍋一樣堅固，我們像在鍋裡的肉一樣得到保護。』

他們說：‘建造房屋的時候還沒有到；這城是鍋，我們是肉。’

他們說：「建造房屋的時候還未臨近呢；這城是鍋，我們是肉呢！」

彼云、建屋之期未至、此邑為鼎、我儕為肉、

云、此邑若鼎、我儕若肉、我當建室、而居其中、禍不及予。

彼云、災禍尚遠、仍可建室、此邑若釜、我儕若肉、

They say,‘ Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

They say to the people,‘ Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.’

They are saying,‘ Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the meat.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.’

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

They are saying,‘ Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

Which say,[ It is] not near; let us build houses: this[ city is] the caldron, and we[ be] the flesh.

They say,‘ The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

“ Son of man, the Israelites are saying,‘ The vision Ezekiel sees won’t come true for many years. He is prophesying about a time that is a long way off.’

“ Son of man, you have a proverb in the land of Israel. It says,‘ The days go by, and not even one vision comes true.’

They will say,“ Where is this‘ return’ he promised? Everything goes on in the same way it has since our people of long ago died. In fact, it has continued this way since God first created everything.”

Death has come on you who live in the land. The time for you to be destroyed has come. The day when it will happen is near. There is no joy on your mountains. There is nothing but panic.

You pluck away on your harps as David did. You play new songs on musical instruments.

Your people refuse to obey me. So tell them a story. Say to them,‘ The Lord and King told me,“‘ “Put a cooking pot on the fire. Pour water into it.Put pieces of meat in it. Use all the best pieces. Use the leg and shoulder. Fill it with the best bones.Pick the finest animal in the flock. Pile wood under the pot to cook the bones. Bring the water to a boil. Cook the bones in it.” ’ ”The Lord and King says,“ How terrible it will be for this city! It has so many murderers in it. How terrible for the pot that is coated with scum! The scum on it will not go away. Take the meat out of the pot piece by piece. Take it out in whatever order it comes.“ The blood Jerusalem’s people spilled is inside its walls. They poured it out on a bare rock. They did not pour it on the ground. If they had, dust would have covered it up.So I put their blood on the bare rock. I did not want it to be covered up. I poured out my great anger on them. I paid them back.”So the Lord and King said to me,“ How terrible it will be for this city! It has so many murderers in it. I too will pile the wood high.So pile on the wood. Light the fire. Cook the meat well. Mix in the spices. Let the bones be blackened.Then set the empty pot on the coals. Let it get hot. Let its copper glow. Then what is not pure in it will melt. Its scum will be burned away.But it can’t be cleaned up. Its thick scum has not been removed. Even fire can’t burn it off.“ Jerusalem, you are really impure. I tried to clean you up. But you would not let me make you pure. So you will not be clean again until I am no longer so angry with you.“ I have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back. I will not feel sorry for you. I will do what I said I would do. You will be judged for your conduct and actions. I am the Lord,” announces the Lord and King.

A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord asked me,“ What do you see, Jeremiah?”“ The branch of an almond tree,” I replied.The Lord said to me,“ You have seen correctly. I am watching to see that my word comes true.”Another message from the Lord came to me. The Lord asked me,“ What do you see?”“ A pot that has boiling water in it,” I answered.“ It’s leaning toward us from the north.”

“ So the Lord and King says,‘ The bodies you have thrown there are the meat. And the city is the cooking pot. But I will drive you out of it.You are afraid of the swords of war. But I will bring them against you,’ announces the Lord and King.‘ I will drive you out of the city. I will hand you over to outsiders. And I will punish you.You will be killed by swords. I will judge you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.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.

How terrible for those who say,“ Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”