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Ezekiel 11

Ezek. 11:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, It is not κnear
qarowb (Hebrew #7138)
from 7126; near (in place, kindred or time)
KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Pronounce: kaw-robe'
Origin: or qarob {kaw-robe'}
u; let us build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
houses
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: this city is thev caldron
ciyr (Hebrew #5518)
or cirah (Jeremiah 52:18) {see-raw'}; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
KJV usage: caldron, fishhook, pan, ((wash-))pot, thorn.
Pronounce: seer
Origin: or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'}
, and we be the flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
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Ezek. 12:22,27• 22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
 27Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. (Ezek. 12:22,27)
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2 Peter 3:4• 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:4)
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or, for us to build houses near.
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Ezek. 24:3• 3And 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: (Ezek. 24:3)
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Jer. 1:13• 13And 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. (Jer. 1:13)

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Caldron,
Flesh,
House

Cross References

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It is not, etc.
or, It is not for us to build houses near.
Ezek. 7:7• 7The 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. (Ezek. 7:7)
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Ezek. 12:22,27• 22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
 27Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. (Ezek. 12:22,27)
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Isa. 5:19• 19That 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! (Isa. 5:19)
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Jer. 1:11‑12• 11Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
 12Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. (Jer. 1:11‑12)
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Amos 6:5• 5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; (Amos 6:5)
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2 Peter 3:4• 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:4)
this city.
Ezek. 11:7‑11• 7Therefore 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.
 8Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
 9And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
 10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
 11This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: (Ezek. 11:7‑11)
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Ezek. 24:3‑14• 3And 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:
 4Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
 5Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
 6Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
 7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
 8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
 9Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
 10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
 11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
 12She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
 13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
 14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 24:3‑14)
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Jer. 1:13• 13And 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. (Jer. 1:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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who say, It is not the timeb to build housesc: thisd is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Lit. "not near."
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See Jer. 29.5.
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i.e. the city. so vers. 7,11. see ch. 24.6.