They are the ones who say, “The nearest relatives aren’t building houses. The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.”
which say, It is not near: let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Who say, [The time] is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh.
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
saying: 'Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'