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Perhaps they will understand even though they are a rebellious people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Bring your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>provisions <i>and</i> supplies out during the day as they watch, as provisions <i>and</i> supplies for [going into] exile. Then you shall go out at evening as they watch, as those going into exile. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Dig through the wall as they watch and go out through the hole. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As they look on, load <i>the provisions and supplies</i> on your shoulder 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.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I did as I had been commanded. I brought out my provisions <i>and</i> supplies during the day, like the provisions <i>and</i> supplies of an exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I brought out <i>my provisions and supplies</i> in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder as they watched. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, asked you, ‘What you are doing?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “This <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>oracle (a burden to be carried) concerns the prince (Zedekiah) in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are there.”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Say, ‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prince who is among them will load <i>his provisions and supplies</i> on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig a hole through the wall to go out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Chaldeans; yet he will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>not see it, though he will die there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So they will know <i>and</i> understand fully that I am the LORD when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the [pagan] countries. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I will leave a few [survivors] who will escape the sword, the famine, and the virulent disease, that they may confess all their repulsive (idolatrous) acts among the nations where they go, and may know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 their land will be stripped <i>and</i> looted of its fullness because of the violence of all those who live in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The cities that are inhabited will be in ruins and the land will be deserted; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.”’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them, “The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For there will no longer be any false <i>and</i> empty vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For I the LORD will speak, and whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and I will fulfill it,” says the Lord GOD.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that Ezekiel sees is for many years <i>from now,</i> and he prophesies of the times that are far off.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be fulfilled completely,”’” says the Lord God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>baggage</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> The Chaldeans became the dominant people in Babylonia when Merodach-baladan declared himself king of Babylon. The words “Chaldean” and “Babylonian” are used interchangeably.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> This prophecy was fulfilled as recorded in several Old Testament passages, especially note Jer 52:7-11. King Zedekiah’s eyes were blinded in Riblah before he was taken to Babylon, where he died. 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