Ezekiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

Ezekiel 44:25

44:25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.


tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.

sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.

sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).