Ezekiel 11:7

11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped ¹  in the midst of the city ²  are the meat, and this city ³  is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 30:11

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ⁵ 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

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¹ tn Heb “placed.”

² tn Heb “in its midst.”

³ tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.

⁴ tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).

⁵ tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).