Ezekiel 11:3 “They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is th…”

Ezekiel 11:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For they say, It is not neere, let vs builde houses: this citie is the caldron, and wee be the flesh.

Darby Translation

who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

who are saying, It [is] not near — to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.

Bible in Basic English

Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

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Cross references

“It is not, etc”

Ezekiel 12:22 Ezekiel 12:27 Ezekiel 7:7 Isaiah 5:19 Amos 6:5 2 Peter 3:4

Ezekiel 12:22 · BSB

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

Ezekiel 12:27 · BSB

“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

Ezekiel 7:7 · BSB

Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.

Isaiah 5:19 · BSB

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Amos 6:5 · BSB

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

2 Peter 3:4 · BSB

“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

“this city”

Ezekiel 11:7–11 Ezekiel 24:3–14 Jeremiah 1:13

Ezekiel 11:7–11 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

Ezekiel 24:3–14 · BSB

Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

Jeremiah 1:13 · BSB

Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”

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