Ezekiel 12:3-12
3So 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. aPerhaps they will ▼▼Or see that they are
understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you shall go out cat evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile. 5Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and ▼▼Lit bring it out
go out through it. 6Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall ecover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a fsign to the house of Israel.” 7 Then I gdid so, just as I had been commanded. By day I hbrought 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 irebellious house, not said to you, ‘ jWhat are you doing?’ 10Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord ▼
▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
God says: “This lpronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are ▼▼Lit in their midst
in it.”’ 11Say, ‘I am ▼▼Lit your sign
a osign to you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will pgo into exile, into captivity.’ 12The qprince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. ▼▼I.e., the king’s attendants
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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