Eze 12:3-8 | NASB2020 | STEP | 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 . Perhaps they will understand , though they are a rebellious house .

Ezekiel 12:3-8

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. ^aPerhaps they will ^{▼▼Or see that they are}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 ^cat evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile. 5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and ^{▼▼Lit bring it out}go out through it. 6 Load 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,