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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />While they watch, dig through the wall and take your belongings out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In their sight dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry <i>your belongings</i> out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In their sight, dig a hole through the wall and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Dig through the wall as they watch and go out through the hole.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Dig through the wall of your house and crawl out, carrying the bag with you. Make sure everyone is watching. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Dig a hole through the wall of your house, and leave through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />While they are watching, break a hole through the wall of your house and take your pack out through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your stuff out that way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your baggage out that way. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You dig through the wall before their eyes, and you have brought forth by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before their eyes dig for thee through the wall, and thou hast brought forth by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Before their eyes break through to thee in the wall, and bring forth by it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Dig for yourself through the wall, before their eyes. And you shall go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />While they watch, dig a hole through the wall and go out through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry the baggage through it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Make a breach through the wall in their sight and go forth through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And break through the wall in their sight and come out in it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Dig for thyself into the wall <i>of the house</i>, and thou shalt pass through it in their sight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2552" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Signs of the Coming Captivity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 3mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">As they watch,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2864.htm" title="2864: ḥă·ṯār- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To dig, row. A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars.">dig</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: ḇaq·qîr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">through the wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and carry your belongings</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">out through it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Jeremiah 39:4</a></span><br />When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4</a></span><br />Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7</a></span><br />Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-27.htm">Ezekiel 24:27</a></span><br />On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3</a></span><br />Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm">Ezekiel 3:25-26</a></span><br />And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. / I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Ezekiel 33:21-22</a></span><br />In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!” / Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/38-28.htm">Jeremiah 38:28</a></span><br />And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Jeremiah 32:24</a></span><br />See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-20</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-39.htm">Luke 12:39</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-1.htm">John 10:1</a></span><br />“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-3.htm">Revelation 3:3</a></span><br />Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.</p><p class="hdg">Dig thou [heb] Dig for thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4</a></b></br> And the city was broken up, and all the men of war <i>fled</i> by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which <i>is</i> by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees <i>were</i> against the city round about:) and <i>the king</i> went the way toward the plain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">Jeremiah 39:2-4</a></b></br> <i>And</i> in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth <i>day</i> of the month, the city was broken up… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Belongings</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Dig</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Belongings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Dig</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-1.htm">Under the type of Ezekiel's removing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-8.htm">is shown the captivity of Zedekiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-17.htm">Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews' desolation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-21.htm">The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-26.htm">The speediness of the vision</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As they watch</b><br>This phrase indicates that Ezekiel's actions were meant to be a public demonstration. In the context of prophetic ministry, such symbolic acts were often used to capture the attention of the people and convey a message from God. The audience, likely the exiled community in Babylon, would have been familiar with the role of prophets as both messengers and performers of divine signs. This public act was intended to provoke thought and reflection among the observers.<p><b>dig through the wall</b><br>The act of digging through a wall symbolizes a clandestine escape, suggesting urgency and desperation. In ancient Near Eastern cities, walls were both protective barriers and symbols of security. Ezekiel's action would have been shocking, as it implied a breach of safety and the futility of relying on physical defenses. This act foreshadows the impending siege and fall of Jerusalem, where inhabitants would attempt to escape the city under dire circumstances. It also serves as a metaphor for the spiritual breaches in Israel's relationship with God.<p><b>and carry your belongings out through it</b><br>Carrying belongings through a hole in the wall signifies exile and displacement. This imagery would resonate with the exiles in Babylon, who had already experienced the trauma of being uprooted from their homeland. The act of carrying possessions suggests a journey into the unknown, highlighting the theme of judgment and the consequences of disobedience to God. This phrase connects to the broader biblical narrative of exile and return, seen in the experiences of figures like Joseph and the Israelites in Egypt, and later, the return from Babylonian captivity. It also prefigures the ultimate deliverance and restoration found in Jesus Christ, who provides a way out of spiritual exile and into the kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon. He often used symbolic actions to convey God's messages.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were in exile in Babylon due to their disobedience and idolatry. They are the primary audience of Ezekiel's prophetic actions and messages.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The place of exile for the Israelites. It represents a period of judgment and reflection for the people of God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that is under siege and will eventually fall, as prophesied by Ezekiel. It symbolizes the spiritual and physical state of the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wall.htm">The Wall</a></b><br>Represents the barriers and defenses that the Israelites relied on, which would ultimately be breached due to their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_actions_as_prophetic_messages.htm">Symbolic Actions as Prophetic Messages</a></b><br>Ezekiel's actions were not just for show; they were a divine method to communicate God's message. We should be attentive to how God might use unconventional means to speak to us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The digging through the wall symbolizes the inevitable consequences of Israel's disobedience. It serves as a reminder that our actions have repercussions, and we must align ourselves with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_warnings.htm">God's Patience and Warnings</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' continued rebellion, God sent prophets like Ezekiel to warn them. This demonstrates God's patience and desire for repentance, encouraging us to heed His warnings in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>The act of carrying belongings through a breached wall signifies the reality of impending judgment. It challenges us to live in a way that is prepared for Christ's return and the final judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While Ezekiel's message was one of impending doom, it also pointed to the hope of restoration. We can find hope in God's promises of redemption and restoration through Christ.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Dig thou through the wall.</span>--This is a sub sequent action, as shown by <a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm" title="And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I dig through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bore it on my shoulder in their sight.">Ezekiel 12:7</a>. The wall was probably of adobe, sun-dried brick, the common building material of the country, and there was, therefore, no great difficulty in digging through it; but this way of entering the house indicates something of stealth and secrecy. He was to carry forth his goods openly through his door during the day, and then to re-enter at evening, and secretly to carry forth those things which he would not otherwise be allowed to take away.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">While they watch,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dig</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲתָר־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·ṯār-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2864.htm">Strong's 2864: </a> </span><span class="str2">To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the wall</span><br /><span class="heb">בַקִּ֑יר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaq·qîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and carry [your belongings]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהוֹצֵאתָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out through it.</span><br /><span class="heb">בּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 12:5 Dig you through the wall in their (Ezek. 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