Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’ New Living Translation They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.’ English Standard Version who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ Berean Standard Bible They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’ King James Bible Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. New King James Version who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.’ New American Standard Bible who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the meat.’ NASB 1995 who say, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? This city is the pot and we are the flesh.’ NASB 1977 who say, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? This city is the pot and we are the flesh.’ Legacy Standard Bible who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot, and we are the flesh.’ Amplified Bible who say, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? This city is [secure just like] the pot and we are the meat [in it].’ Christian Standard Bible They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they were saying: ‘Was it not within her that we built houses? She is the caldron and we are the meat!’ Brenton Septuagint Translation who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh. Contemporary English Version They say things like, 'Let's build more houses. This city is like a cooking pot over a fire, and we are the meat, but at least the pot keeps us from being burned in the fire.' Douay-Rheims Bible Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh. English Revised Version which say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. GOD'S WORD® Translation They say, 'It's almost time to rebuild homes. This city is a cooking pot, and we're the meat.' Good News Translation They say, 'We will soon be building houses again. The city is like a cooking pot, and we are like the meat in it, but at least it protects us from the fire.' International Standard Version They keep saying, 'The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.' JPS Tanakh 1917 that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. Literal Standard Version who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we [are] the flesh. Majority Standard Bible They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’ New American Bible They are saying, “No need to build houses! The city is the pot, and we are the meat.” NET Bible They say, 'The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.' New Revised Standard Version they say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.’ New Heart English Bible who say, 'The time is not near to build houses: this is the caldron, and we are the meat.' Webster's Bible Translation Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. World English Bible who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ Young's Literal Translation who are saying, It is not near -- to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Evil in High Places…2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. 3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’ 4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”… Cross References 2 Peter 3:4 "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." 2 Kings 4:38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, "Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets." Jeremiah 1:13 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." Ezekiel 11:7 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 11:11 The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Ezekiel 12:22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by, and every vision fails'? Ezekiel 24:3 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. Treasury of Scripture Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. It is not, etc. Ezekiel 7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. Ezekiel 12:22,27 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? … Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! this city Ezekiel 11:7-11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it… Ezekiel 24:3-14 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: … Jeremiah 1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. Jump to Previous Build Building Caldron Cauldron City Cooking Cooking-Pot Flesh Houses Meat Pot Soon TimeJump to Next Build Building Caldron Cauldron City Cooking Cooking-Pot Flesh Houses Meat Pot Soon TimeEzekiel 11 1. The presumption of the princes4. Their sin and judgment 13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant 22. The glory of God leaves the city 24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity (3) It is not near; let us build houses. -Neither the text nor the marginal reading of the Authorised Version quite accurately represent the original. The expression is literally not near to build houses; and it is to be explained by the prophecy and narrative of Jeremiah 29. After the 10,000 (among whom was Ezekiel) had been carried captive--and apparently shortly after--Jeremiah had sent word to the captives to build houses and make themselves comfortable. because the captivity would be long (Ezekiel 11:5-10). This greatly offended the captives; and Shemaiah, a false prophet among them, had consequently sent letters to Jerusalem asking that Jeremiah might be punished for thus prophesying (Ezekiel 11:24-25). The princes of the people now appear in Ezekiel's vision as taking up this prophecy of Jeremiah's and contradicting it: "this need of building houses for a long captivity is not near!" In Ezekiel 7:2-3; Ezekiel 7:12; Ezekiel 12:23, Ezekiel expressly declares that it is very near. The princes further confirmed the people in their fancied security by comparing the city to a caldron, the strong walls of which should protect the flesh within it, i.e., the people, from the fire of all hostile attack. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 24:6 this figure is taken up, and a very different application given to it; it is also turned against them immediately in Ezekiel 11:7. In consequence of this attitude and these sayings of the princes, the prophecy of Ezekiel 11:5-12 is now directed against them. . . . Verse 3. - It is not near, etc. The words take their place among the popular, half-proverbial sayings of which we have other examples in Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; and Ezekiel 18:2. As in most proverbs of this kind, the thought is condensed to the very verge of obscurity, and the words have received very different interpretations. (1) That suggested by the Authorized Version. "It (the judgment of which the true prophets spoke) is not near. Let us build houses, not, as Jeremiah bids (Jeremiah 39:5), in the land of exile, but here in Jerusalem, where we shall remain in safety. Are we threatened with the imagery of the 'seething pot' (Jeremiah 1:13)? Let us remember that the caldron protects the meat in it from the fire. The walls of the city will protect us from the army of the Chaldeans." The temper which clothed itself in this language was that of the self-confident boastful security of Jeremiah 28:3; and the death of Hananiah, the son of Azur, in that history presents a parallel to that of Pelatiah in this. (2) Grammatically, however, the rendering of the Revised Version is preferable: The time is not near for building houses; probably, as before, with a reference to Jeremiah's advice. "We," they seem to say, "are not come to that plaint yet. We will trust, as in (1), in our interpretation of the caldron." (3) On the whole, I incline, while adopting the Revised Version rendering, to interpret the words, as Smend takes them, as the defiant utterance of despair: "It is no time for building houses, here or elsewhere. We are doomed. We are destined (I borrow the nearest analogue of modern proverbial speech) 'to stew in our own juice.' Well, let us meet it as we best may." I find what suggests this view . . . Hebrew They are saying,הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים (hā·’ō·mə·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Is not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no the time near בְקָר֖וֹב (ḇə·qā·rō·wḇ) Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7138: Near to build בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1129: To build houses? בָּתִּ֑ים (bāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house The city הִ֣יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a cooking pot, הַסִּ֔יר (has·sîr) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook and we וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are the meat.’ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ (hab·bā·śār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man Links Ezekiel 11:3 NIVEzekiel 11:3 NLT Ezekiel 11:3 ESV Ezekiel 11:3 NASB Ezekiel 11:3 KJV Ezekiel 11:3 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 11:3 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 11:3 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 11:3 French Bible Ezekiel 11:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:3 Who say The time is not near (Ezek. 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