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.
Ver. 7. Your slain.] Whether ye have slain them outright, or have laid them bleeding and dying by your oppressions; for a poor man's livelihood is his life. Mark 12:44 Luk 8:43 He is in his house like a snail in his shell, crush that, and you kill him.
And this city is the caldron.] a Thus their own words, spoken in mockery, are wittily retorted upon them, and driven back again down their throats as it were.
But I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.] As rotten flesh, to be cast out; or as filthy scum, to boil over.
a Haec verba monachi funibus trahunt ad purgatorium probandum, nixi autoritate Originis.