Ezekiel 11:7-9

Jerusalem had become like a cooking pot in that these slain people were like meat in it (cf. Micah 3:1-3). It was a secure place only for those who had already died there. Nevertheless the Lord would remove the living from the "pot." Jerusalem would provide no refuge for the living. The Lord would bring the sword of the invader down on them. He would bring them out of the city into the hands of the invading enemy soldiers who would kill and capture them.

"Those who perceive themselves as the cream that has risen to the top are nothing but scum in God’s eyes." [Note: Block, The Book . . ., p. 337.]