הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים לֹ֥א בְקָר֖וֹב בְּנ֣וֹת בָּתִּ֑ים הִ֣יא הַסִּ֔יר וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃
that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Read midrashic interpretation of Ezekiel 11:3: and classical rabbinic exegesis.