Ezekiel 11:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’”
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“They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“who are saying, It <FI>is<Fi> not near--to build houses, it <FI>is<Fi> the pot, and we the flesh.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 11:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
- Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Jeremiah 1:13Again 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 7:7Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
- Ezekiel 11:7Therefore 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 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 12:27“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
- Ezekiel 24:3Now 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.
- Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
- 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.”
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