Discovery BoxEzekiel 11:7 
Context11:7 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 24:3
Context24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house 5 and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Set on the pot, 6 set it on,
pour water in it too;
Ezekiel 24:6
Context24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot whose rot 7 is in it,
whose rot has not been removed 8 from it!
Empty it piece by piece.
No lot has fallen on it. 9
1 tn Heb “placed.”
2 tn Heb “in its midst.”
4 tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).
5 sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).
6 sn See Ezek 11:3-12.
7 tn Or “rust.”
8 tn Heb “has not gone out.”
9 tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.
