Rashi, on Ezek 11:3

“Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.”

“Who say, ‘It is not near’ that the words of the prophets will come upon us. build houses We need not be concerned with them; rather build houses in which to dwell, for we shall not be exiled from this city until we die. it is the pot, and we are the meat Just as the meat is not taken out of the pot until it has been completely cooked, neither shall we leave it until we die.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.