Ezekiel 12:3-12
New American Standard Bible
3 So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. (A)Perhaps they will [a]understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4 Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you shall go out (B)at evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile. 5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and [b]go out through it. 6 Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall (C)cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a (D)sign to the house of Israel.”
7 Then I (E)did so, just as I had been commanded. By day I (F)brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.
8 And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 “Son of man, has the house of Israel, the (G)rebellious house, not said to you, ‘(H)What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord [c]God says: “This (I)pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are [d]in it.”’ 11 Say, ‘I am [e]a (J)sign to you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will (K)go into exile, into captivity.’ 12 The (L)prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. [f]They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out through it. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
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- Ezekiel 12:3 Or see that they are
- Ezekiel 12:5 Lit bring it out
- Ezekiel 12:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 12:10 Lit in their midst
- Ezekiel 12:11 Lit your sign
- Ezekiel 12:12 I.e., the king’s attendants
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