NASB — Ezekiel 12 — KJV

Ezekiel Prepares for Exile

1 Then the word° of the LORD° came° to me, saying°, 2 “Son° of man°, you live° in the amidst° of the brebellious° house°, who° chave eyes° to see° but do not see°, ears° to hear° but do not hear°; for they are a rebellious° house°. 3 Therefore, son° of man°, prepare° for yourself baggage° for exile° and go° into exile° by day° in their sight°; even go° into exile° from your place° to another° place° in their sight°. aPerhaps° they will Iunderstand° though° they are a rebellious° house°. 4 Bring° your baggage° out by day° in their sight°, as baggage° for exile°. Then you will go° out aat evening° in their sight°, as those going° into exile°. 5 Dig° a hole through the wall° in their sight° and Igo° out through it. 6 Load° [the baggage] on [your] shoulder° in their sight° [and] carry° [it] out in the dark°. You shall acover° your face° so that you cannot° see° the land°, for I have set° you as a bsign° to the house° of Israel°.”

[2] aIs 6:5 bPs 78:40; Is 1:23; Ezk 2:7, 8 cIs 6:9f; 43:8; Jr 5:21; Mt 13:13, 14; Mk 4:12; 8:18; Lk 8:10; Jn 9:39-41; 12:40; Ac 28:26f; Ro 11:8
[3] IOr see that they are aJr 26:3; 36:3, 7; Lk 20:13; 2Ti 2:25
[4] a2K 25:4; Jr 39:4; Ezk 12:12
[5] ILit bring it out
[6] a1S 28:8; Ezk 12:12, 13 bIs 8:18; 20:3; Ezk 4:3; 12:11; 24:24

7 ¶ I adid° so°, as I had been commanded°. By day° I bbrought° 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°.

[7] aEzk 24:18; 37:7, 10 bEzk 12:3-6

8 ¶ In the morning° the word° of the LORD° came° to me, saying°, 9 “Son° of man°, has not the house° of Israel°, the arebellious° house°, said° to you, ‘bWhat° are you doing°?’ 10 Say° to them, ‘Thus° says° the Lord° IGOD°, “This° IIaburden° [concerns] the prince° in Jerusalem° as well as all° the house° of Israel° who° are IIIin it.”’ 11 Say°, ‘I am Ia asign° to you. As I have done°, so° it will be done° to them; they will bgo° into exile°, into captivity°.’ 12 The aprince° who° is among° them will load° [his baggage] on [his] shoulder° in the dark° and go° out. IThey 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°. 13 I will also spread° My anet° 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 bnot see° it, though he will die° there°. 14 I will ascatter° to every° wind° all° who° are around° him, his helpers° and all° his troops°; and I will draw° out a sword° after° them. 15 So they will aknow° that I am the LORD° when I scatter° them among the nations° and spread° them among the countries°. 16 But I will Ispare° a few° of them from the asword°, the famine° and the pestilence° that they may tell° all° their abominations° among the nations° where°° they go°, and IImay bknow° that I am the LORD°.”

[9] aEzk 2:5-8; 12:1-3 bEzk 17:12; 20:49; 24:19
[10] IHeb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch IIOr oracle IIILit in their midst a2K 9:25; Is 13:1; Ezk 12:3-8
[11] ILit your sign aEzk 12:6 bJr 15:2; 52:15, 28-30; Ezk 12:3
[12] II.e. the king’s attendants a2K 25:4; Jr 39:4; 52:7; Ezk 12:6
[13] aIs 24:17, 18; Ezk 17:20; 19:8; Ho 7:12 bJr 39:7; 52:11
[14] a2K 25:4, 5; Ezk 5:2; 17:21
[15] aEzk 6:7, 14; 12:16, 20
[16] ILit leave over IIOr they will know aEzk 7:15; 14:21 bJr 22:8, 9

17 ¶ Moreover, the word° of the LORD° came° to me saying°, 18 “Son° of man°, aeat° your bread° with trembling° and drink° your water° with quivering° and anxiety°. 19 Then 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° Itheir land° will be IIastripped° of its fullness° on account° of the violence° of all° who live° in it. 20 The inhabited° acities° will be laid° waste° and the bland° will be a desolation°. So you will know° that I am the LORD°.”’”

[18] aLm 5:9; Ezk 4:16
[19] ILit her IILit desolate aJr 10:22; Ezk 6:6, 7, 14; Mi 7:13; Zc 7:14
[20] aIs 3:26; Jr 4:7; Ezk 5:14 bIs 7:23, 24; Jr 25:9; Ezk 36:3

21 ¶ Then the word° of the LORD° came° to me, saying°, 22 “Son° of man°, what° is this° aproverb° you [people] have concerning° the land° of Israel°, saying°, ‘The bdays° are long° and every° cvision° fails°’? 23 Therefore° 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, “aThe days° draw° near° as well as the Ifulfillment° of every° vision°. 24 For there will no° longer° be any° Iafalse° vision° or flattering° divination° within° the house° of Israel°. 25 For I the LORD° will speak°, and whatever° aword° I speak° will be performed°. It will no° longer° be delayed°, for in byour days°, O crebellious° house°, I will speak° the word° and perform° it,” declares° the Lord° GOD°.’”

[22] aEzk 16:44; 18:2, 3 bJr 5:12; Ezk 11:3; 12:27; Am 6:3; 2P 3:4 cEzk 7:26
[23] ILit word aPs 37:13; Jol 2:1; Zp 1:14
[24] ILit vain aJr 14:13-16; Ezk 13:6, 23; Zc 13:2-4
[25] aNu 14:28-34; Is 14:24; Ezk 6:10; 12:28 bJr 16:9; Hab 1:5 cEzk 12:2

26 ¶ Furthermore, the word° of the LORD° came° to me, saying°, 27 “Son° of man°, behold°, the house° of Israel° is saying°, ‘The vision° that he sees° is for amany° Iyears° [from now], and he prophesies° of times° far° off°.’ 28 Therefore° 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°.

[27] ILit days aEzk 12:22; Dn 10:14


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The type of Ezekiel's removing.

1 ¶ The wordº of the LORDº also came² unto² me, saying,ºª 2 Sonº of man,º thou² dwellestºª in the midstº of a rebelliousº house,º which² have eyesº to see,ºª and seeºª not;² they have earsº to hear,ºª and hearºª not:² for² they² [are] a rebelliousº house.º 3 Therefore, thou² sonº of man,º prepareºª thee stuffº for removing,º and removeºª by dayº in their sight;º and thou shalt removeºª from thy placeº² to² anotherº placeº in their sight:º it may be² they will consider,ºª though² they² [be] a rebelliousº house.º 4 Then shalt thou bring forthºª thy stuffº by dayº in their sight,º as stuffº for removing:º and thou² shalt go forthºª at evenº in their sight,º as they that go forthº into captivity.º 5 Digºª thou through the wallº in their sight,º and carry outºª thereby. 6 In their sightº shalt thou bearºª [it] upon² [thy] shoulders,º [and] carry [it] forthºª in the twilight:º thou shalt coverºª thy face,º that thou seeºª not²² the ground:º for² I have setºª thee [for] a signº unto the houseº of Israel.º 7 And I didºª so² as² I was commanded:ºª I brought forthºª my stuffº by day,º as stuffº for captivity,º and in the evenº I diggedºª through the wallº with mine hand;º I brought [it] forthºª in the twilight,º [and] I bareºª [it] upon² [my] shoulderº in their sight.º

[2] Dt 9:7, 24; 29:4; 31:27; Ps 78:40; Is 1:23; 6:9; 29:9; 30:1, 9; 42:19; 65:2; Jr 4:17; 5:21, 23; 9:1; Ezk 2:3, 5, 6; 3:9, 26; 17:12; 24:3; 44:6; Dn 9:5; Mt 13:13; Mk 4:12; 8:17; Lk 8:10; Jn 9:39; 12:40; Ac 7:51; 28:26; Ro 11:7; 2Co 3:14; 4:3; Ep 4:18; 2Th 2:10.
[3] Dt 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13; Jr 13:1; 18:2, 11; 19:1; 25:4; 26:3; 27:2; 36:3, 7; Ezk 4:1; 12:4, 10; 33:11; Lk 13:8, 34; 20:13; 2Ti 2:25.
[4] 2K 25:4; Jr 39:4; 52:7; Ezk 12:12.
[5] 2K 25:4; Jr 39:2.
[6] 1S 28:8; 2S 15:30; Jb 24:17; Is 8:18; 20:2; Ezk 4:3; 12:11; 24:24.
[7] Jr 32:8; Ezk 2:8; 12:3; 24:18; 37:7, 10; Mt 21:6; Mk 14:16; Jn 2:5; 15:14; Ac 26:19.

It sheweth the captivity of Zedekiah.

8 ¶ And in the morningº came² the wordº of the LORDº unto² me, saying,ºª 9 Sonº of man,º hath not² the houseº of Israel,º the rebelliousº house,º saidºª unto² thee, What² doestºª thou?² 10 Sayºª thou unto² them, Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º This² burdenº [concerneth] the princeº in Jerusalem,º and all² the houseº of Israelº that² [are] amongº them. 11 Say,ºª I² [am] your sign:º like as² I have done,ºª so² shall it be doneºª unto them: they shall removeº [and] go¹ª² into captivity.º 12 And the princeº that² [is] amongº them shall bearºª upon² [his] shoulderº in the twilight,º and shall go forth:ºª they shall digºª through the wallº to carry outºª thereby: he shall coverºª his face,º thatº² he² seeºª not²² the groundº with [his] eyes.º 13 ² My netº also will I spreadºª upon² him, and he shall be takenºª in my snare:º and I will bringºª him to Babylonº [to] the landº of the Chaldeans;º yet shall he not² seeºª it, though he shall dieºª there.² 14 And I will scatterºª toward every² windº all² that² [are] aboutº him to helpº him, and all² his bands;º and I will draw outºª the swordº afterº them. 15 And they shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD,º when I shall scatterºª them among the nations,º and disperseºª them in the countries.º 16 But I will leaveºª a fewº men¹² of² them from the sword,º² from the famine,º² and from the pestilence;º² that² they may declareºª² all² their abominationsº among the heathenº whither²² they come;ºª and they shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD.º

[9] Ezk 2:5; 12:1; 17:12; 20:49; 24:19.
[10] 2K 9:25; Is 13:1; 14:28; Jr 21:7; 24:8; 38:18; Ezk 7:27; 17:13; 21:25; Mal 1:1.
[11] Jr 15:2; 52:15, 28; Ezk 12:6.
[12] 2K 25:4; Jr 39:4; 42:7; Ezk 12:6.
[13] 2K 25:5; Jb 19:6; Ps 11:6; Is 24:17; Jr 34:3; 39:7; 50:24; 52:8; Lm 1:13; 3:47; 4:19; Ezk 17:16, 20; 19:8; 32:3; Ho 7:12; Lk 21:35.
[14] Lv 26:33; 2K 25:4; Jr 42:16, 22; Ezk 5:2, 10, 12; 14:17, 21; 17:21.
[15] Ps 9:16; Ezk 5:13; 6:7, 14; 7:4; 11:10; 12:16, 20; 14:18; 24:27; 25:11; 26:6; 28:26; 33:33; 39:28.
[16] Gn 13:16; Lv 26:40; Dt 29:24; 1K 9:6; Is 1:9; 6:13; 10:19, 22; 24:13; Jr 3:24; 4:27; 22:8; 30:11; Ezk 6:8; 14:22; 36:31; Dn 9:5; Am 9:8; Mt 7:14; 24:22; Ro 9:27; 11:4.

Ezekiel's trembling sheweth the Jews' desolation.

17 ¶ Moreover the wordº of the LORDº came² to² me, saying,ºª 18 Sonº of man,º eatºª thy breadº with quaking,º and drinkºª thy waterº with tremblingº and with carefulness;º 19 And sayºª unto² the peopleº of the land,¹² Thus² saithºª the Lordº GODº of the inhabitantsºª of Jerusalem,º [and] of² the land¹² of Israel;º They shall eatºª their breadº with carefulness,º and drinkºª their waterº with astonishment,º that² her landº may be desolateºª from all that is therein,º² because of the violenceº² of all² them that dwellºª therein. 20 And the citiesº that are inhabitedºª shall be laid waste,ºª and the landº shall be² desolate;º and ye shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD.º

[18] Lv 26:26, 36; Dt 28:48, 65; Jb 3:24; Ps 60:2; 80:5; 102:4; Ezk 4:16; 23:33.
[19] Gn 6:11; 1K 17:10; Ps 24:1; 107:34; Is 6:11; Jr 4:27; 6:7; 9:10; 10:22; 18:16; 32:28; 33:10, 12; Ezk 6:6, 14; 7:23; 36:3; Mi 3:10; 7:13; Zc 7:14; 1Co 10:26, 28.
[20] Is 3:26; 7:23; 24:3, 12; 64:10; Jr 4:7, 23; 12:10; 16:9; 19:11; 24:8; 25:9; 34:22; Lm 5:18; Ezk 15:6, 8; Dn 9:17.

The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved.

21 ¶ And the wordº of the LORDº came² unto² me, saying,ºª 22 Sonº of man,º what² [is] that² proverbº [that] ye have in² the landº of Israel,º saying,ºª The daysº are prolonged,ºª and every² visionº faileth?ºª 23 Tellºª² them therefore,² Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º I will make this² proverbº² to cease,ºª and they shall no² more² use it as a proverbºª² in Israel;º but²² sayºª unto² them, The daysº are at hand,ºª and the effectº of every² vision.º 24 For² there shall be² no² more² any² vainº visionº nor flatteringº divinationº withinº the houseº of Israel.º 25 For² I² [am] the LORD:º I will speak,ºª and the wordº² that² I shall speakºª shall come to pass;ºª it shall be no² more² prolonged:ºª for² in your days,º O rebelliousº house,º will I sayºª the word,º and will performºª it, saithºª the Lordº GOD.º

[22] Is 5:19; Jr 5:12; 23:33; Ezk 11:3; 12:27; 18:2; Am 6:3; 2P 3:3.
[23] Is 28:22; Ezk 7:2, 5, 10; 12:25; 18:3; Jol 2:1; Zp 1:14; Mal 4:1; Mt 24:34; Jm 5:8.
[24] 1K 22:11, 17; Pv 26:28; Jr 14:13; 23:14; Lm 2:14; Ezk 13:23; Zc 13:2; Ro 16:18; 1Th 2:5; 2P 2:2.
[25] Nu 14:28; Is 14:24; 55:11; Jr 16:9; Lm 2:17; Ezk 6:10; 12:1, 28; Dn 9:12; Hab 1:5; Zc 1:6; Mt 24:35; Mk 13:30; Lk 21:13, 33.

The speediness of the vision.

26 ¶ Again the wordº of the LORDº came² to² me, saying,ºª 27 Sonº of man,º behold,² [they of] the houseº of Israelº say,ºª The visionº that² he² seethºª [is] for manyº daysº [to come], and he² prophesiethºª of the timesº [that are] far¹ off.² 28 Therefore² sayºª unto² them, Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º There shall none²² of my wordsº be prolongedºª any more,² but the wordº which² I have spokenºª shall be done,ºª saithºª the Lordº GOD.º

[27] Is 28:14; Ezk 12:22; Dn 10:14; 2P 3:4.
[28] Jr 4:7; 44:28; Ezk 12:23; Mt 24:48; Mk 13:32; Lk 21:34; 1Th 5:2; Rv 3:3.


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