They are saying,‘ Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说：‘盖房屋的时候尚未临近；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他们说，‘建造房屋的时候不是到了吗？我们的城像铁锅一样坚固，我们像在锅里的肉一样得到保护。’

他们说：‘建造房屋的时候还没有到；这城是锅，我们是肉。’

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

他們說，『建造房屋的時候不是到了嗎？我們的城像鐵鍋一樣堅固，我們像在鍋裡的肉一樣得到保護。』

他們說：‘建造房屋的時候還沒有到；這城是鍋，我們是肉。’

他們說：「建造房屋的時候還未臨近呢；這城是鍋，我們是肉呢！」

彼云、建屋之期未至、此邑為鼎、我儕為肉、

云、此邑若鼎、我儕若肉、我當建室、而居其中、禍不及予。

彼云、災禍尚遠、仍可建室、此邑若釜、我儕若肉、

They say,‘ Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’

They say,‘ Haven’t our houses just been built again? The city is like a pot used for cooking. And we are the meat in it.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

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.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the meat.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.’

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

They are saying,‘ Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

Which say,[ It is] not near; let us build houses: this[ city is] the caldron, and we[ be] 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.’

who say,‘ The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

“ Son of man, notice that the house of Israel is saying,‘ The vision that he sees concerns many years from now; he prophesies about distant times.’

“ Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes,‘ The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?

saying,“ Where is his‘ coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

Doom has come on you, inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near. There will be panic on the mountains and not celebration.

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: Put the pot on the fire— put it on, and then pour water into it!Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece— thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.Take the choicest of the flock and also pile up the fuel under it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents.For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I myself will make the pile of kindling large.Pile on the logs and kindle the fire! Cook the meat well and mix in the spices! Let the bones be burned!Set the empty pot on its coals so that it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt inside it; its corrosion will be consumed.It has frustrated every effort; its thick corrosion will not come off. Into the fire with its corrosion!Because of the depravity of your uncleanness— since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness— you will not be pure again until I have satisfied my wrath on you.I, the LORD, have spoken. It is coming, and I will do it! I will not refrain, I will not show pity, and I will not relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, asking,“ What do you see, Jeremiah?” I replied,“ I see a branch of an almond tree.”The LORD said to me,“ You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”Again the word of the LORD came to me asking,“ What do you see?” And I replied,“ I see a boiling pot, its lip tilted from the north to the south.”

“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will take you out of it.You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you.You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat within it. I will judge you at the border of Israel,

to those who say,“ Let him hurry up and do his work quickly so that we can see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place so that we can know it!”