Ezekiel 11:7

Therefore 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.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 11:3 is the people's claim 'this city is the pot, we are the meat' — 11:7 directly inverts their metaphor to pronounce judgment.

Ezekiel 11:11 continues the pot metaphor, saying the city won't be their pot but they'll be judged at the border — same context and imagery.

Ezekiel 24:3-13 expands the pot metaphor: the city as a pot and its inhabitants as meat being cooked for judgment, directly continuing the image.

Ezekiel 24:6 calls Jerusalem a 'bloody city' and a pot with rust — a strong parallel pot imagery for divine judgment.

Ezekiel 22:19 uses the image of gathering into Jerusalem like dross into a furnace — a parallel pot/furnace judgment metaphor.

2 Kings 25:18–22 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 25:18-22 recounts the capture and execution of Jerusalem's officials, fulfilling Ezekiel's prophecy that leaders would be brought out.

Jeremiah 52:24–27 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 52:24-27 describes the same execution of Jerusalem's leaders, another historical account confirming Ezekiel's prophecy of removal.

Micah 3:3 Parallel

Micah 3:3 explicitly describes leaders chopping people like meat in a pot, a near-identical image to Ezekiel's pot of slain.

Jeremiah 1:13 also uses a boiling pot vision, symbolizing judgment from the north — a similar metaphor for God's coming wrath.

Micah 3:2 Parallel

Micah 3:2 condemns leaders who tear flesh from God's people, using the same meat imagery as Ezekiel's pot metaphor for Jerusalem's victims.