Text -- Ezekiel 11:3 (NET)

11:3 They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 11:3

¹ tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.

² sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

³ tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

⁴ sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.