4. Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”
5. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
6. You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’
7. Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it.
8. You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
9. ‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.
10. You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.