Catholic Public Domain Version
"saying: ‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’ "
— Ezekiel 11:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.”
“that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. ”
“who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are 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.’”
“Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.”
“Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.”
“Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.”
And the Spirit lifted me up, and he brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which looks toward the rising of the sun. And behold, at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men. And I saw, in their midst, Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
And he said to me: “Son of man, these are men who devise iniquity. And they offer a wicked counsel in this city,
saying: ‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
Therefore, prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.”
And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me: “Speak: Thus says the Lord: So have you spoken, O house of Israel. And I know the thoughts of your heart.
You have killed very many in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.