Context 4Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out at evening in their sight, as those going into exile. 5Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it. 6Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel. 7I did so, as I had been commanded. By day I 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. 8In the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing? 10Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are in it. 11Say, I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity. 12The prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he can not see the land with his eyes. 13I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there. 14I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them. 15So they will know that I am the LORD when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries. 16But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the LORD. 17Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, 18Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. 19Then say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it. 20The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the LORD. 21Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 22Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, The days are long and every vision fails? 23Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel. But tell them, The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision. 24For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25For I the LORD will speak, and whatever word I speak will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD. 26Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off. 28Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile. Douay-Rheims Bible And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou shalt go forth in the evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that removeth his dwelling. Darby Bible Translation And bring forth thy baggage by day in their sight, as a captive's baggage, and thou thyself, go forth at even in their sight as they that go forth into captivity. English Revised Version And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile. Webster's Bible Translation Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at evening in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. World English Bible You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for moving; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile. Young's Literal Translation And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal. Library A Common Mistake and Lame Excuse'... He prophesieth of the times that are far off.'--EZEKIEL xii. 27. Human nature was very much the same in the exiles that listened to Ezekiel on the banks of the Chebar and in Manchester to-day. The same neglect of God's message was grounded then on the same misapprehension of its bearings which profoundly operates in the case of many people now. Ezekiel had been proclaiming the fall of Jerusalem to the exiles whose captivity preceded it by a few years; and he was confronted by the incredulity … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The End Prophecies Fulfilled The Last Agony The Purpose in the Coming of Jesus. 'As Sodom' The Last King of Judah A Believer's Privilege at Death Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 12:4 NIV • Ezekiel 12:4 NLT • Ezekiel 12:4 ESV • Ezekiel 12:4 NASB • Ezekiel 12:4 KJV • Ezekiel 12:4 Bible Apps • Ezekiel 12:4 Parallel • Bible Hub |