“Therefore
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘The slain
Whom you have placed
Within it,
Are the meat.
The city is the pot.
But you shall be
Taken out of it.
You have feared
The sword.
I will bring the sword
Upon you!’
Says Yahweh God.”
This oracle of Yahweh continues with the theme of the dead in Jerusalem. Using the earlier proverb about the meat in the pot, Yahweh explains that the dead people are the meat and the pot is the city. They will be taken out of the pot or the city. However, the sword or death would come upon them anyway. Cleary Yahweh God has spoken.