The proverb would prove true in quite a different sense from that in which it was first used. The only flesh in the caldron would be that of the wicked leaders' victims. Those who thought they were the flesh would be taken out of the caldron and slain by strangers elsewhere.

10, 11. In the border of Israel] Instead of being safe in Jerusalem they would meet their fate far away from it, on the very outskirts of the land. Over seventy of those taken at the second captivity, including twelve prominent officials, were put to death by Nebuchadrezzar at Riblah, in the extreme N. of Palestine (2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 52:24).

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