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Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious people. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> “So now, son of man, pretend you are being sent into exile. Pack the few items an exile could carry, and leave your home to go somewhere else. Do this right in front of the people so they can see you. For perhaps they will pay attention to this, even though they are such rebels. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/12.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight. You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Therefore, 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. Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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. Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now as for you, 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. Perhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for exile, and move into exile during the day when they will see you; even go into exile from your place to another place as they watch. Perhaps they will understand even though they are a rebellious people. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So before it gets dark, here is what I want you to do. Pack a few things as though you were going to be taken away as a prisoner. Then go outside where everyone can see you and walk around from place to place. Maybe as they watch, they will realize what rebels they are. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Son of man, pack your bags as if you were going into exile. Let the people see you leave in the daylight. March like a captive from your place to another place as they watch. Maybe they will understand, even though they are rebellious people. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Now, mortal man, pack a bundle just as a refugee would and start out before nightfall. Let everyone see you leaving and going to another place. Maybe those rebels will notice you. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> "So now, Son of Man, you are to prepare your luggage for a trip into exile, and then you are to leave during the daytime so they see you leaving. Leave from your place to another while they're watching. Then perhaps they'll realize that they're a rebellious house. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/net/ezekiel/12.htm">NET Bible</a> "Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. <a href="/web/ezekiel/12.htm">World English Bible</a> “Therefore, you son of man, prepare your baggage for moving, and move by day in their sight. You shall move from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you, son of man, make your vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and you have removed from your place to another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for they [are] a house of rebellion. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they are. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And thou Son of man, make to thee vessels of captivity and emigrate by day before their eyes; and emigrating from thy place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see if they are a house of contradiction.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries for removing, and remove by day in their sight: and thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking house. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> As for you, then, son of man, prepare for yourself the supplies for traveling far away, and travel away in the daytime in their sight. And you shall travel from your place to another place in their sight, so that perhaps they may consider it. For they are a provoking house. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Now, son of man, during the day while they watch, pack a bag for exile, and again while they watch, go into exile from your place to another place; perhaps they will see that they are a rebellious house. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, mortal, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight; you shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore, Son of man, prepare for yourself the things which are necessary for captivity, and go into the captivity by day in their sight; go from your own place to another place, so that they may see, because they are a rebellious house. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But you, son of man, make for yourself garments of captivity and be taken captive by day in their sight from your place to another place, that they will see, for they are a rebellious house<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for exile, and remove as though for exile by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will perceive, for they are a rebellious house. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thou therefore, son of man, prepare thyself baggage for going into captivity by day in their sight; and thou shalt be led into captivity from thy place into another place in their sight; that they may see that it is a provoking house. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2526" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/12.htm">Signs of the Coming Captivity</a> …2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. 3<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śêh (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">pack</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lê (N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">your bags</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1473.htm" title="1473: ḡō·w·lāh (N-fs) -- Exiles, exile. Or golah; active participle feminine of galah; exile; concretely and collectively exiles.">for exile.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: ū·ḡə·lêh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: yō·w·mām (Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">In broad daylight,</a> <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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mim·mə·qō·wm·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">set out from your place</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: wə·ḡā·lî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’a·ḥêr (Adj-ms) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mā·qō·wm (N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition."></a> <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/194.htm" title="194: ’ū·lay (Adv) -- Perhaps. Or rulay; from 'ow; if not; hence perhaps.">Perhaps</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: yir·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">they will understand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/4805.htm" title="4805: mə·rî (N-ms) -- Rebellion. From marah; bitterness, i.e. rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious.">are a rebellious</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house.</a> 4Bring 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/29-4.htm">Jeremiah 29:4-7</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: / “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. / Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease. ... <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">2 Kings 25:1-7</a> So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ... <a href="/jeremiah/24-1.htm">Jeremiah 24:1-10</a> After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. / One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. / “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.” ... <a href="/jeremiah/52-4.htm">Jeremiah 52:4-11</a> So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ... <a href="/2_kings/20-17.htm">2 Kings 20:17-18</a> The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” <a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19</a> The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive. <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a> If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Jeremiah 21:9</a> Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. <a href="/jeremiah/38-2.htm">Jeremiah 38:2</a> “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live. <a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">Jeremiah 39:9</a> Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him. <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-18</a> So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. ... <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... <a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14-16</a> So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. <a href="/acts/21-11.htm">Acts 21:11</a> Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’” <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-10</a> By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.prepare<a href="/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10-12</a> Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD… <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1</a> Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:<a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1</a> Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.stuff.it may<a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a> Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?<a href="/deuteronomy/5-29.htm">Deuteronomy 5:29</a> O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!<a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deuteronomy 32:29</a> O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Baggage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Belongings</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-1.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-8.htm">Daytime</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Pack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-18.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-29.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-20.htm">Removing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-19.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/45-14.htm">Stuff</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-6.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-20.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Baggage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Belongings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-6.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Daytime</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Pack</a> <a href="/matthew/6-3.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-11.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-9.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-11.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Removing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Stuff</a> <a href="/daniel/1-17.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 12</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/12-1.htm">Under the type of Ezekiel's removing</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/12-8.htm">is shown the captivity of Zedekiah</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/12-17.htm">Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews' desolation</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/12-21.htm">The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved</a> 26. <a href="/ezekiel/12-26.htm">The speediness of the vision</a> </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'; 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It is also a title Jesus uses for Himself in the New Testament, highlighting His identification with humanity (<a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a>).pack your bags for exile. This action symbolizes the impending Babylonian exile. Packing bags signifies preparation for a journey, often one of distress and displacement. Historically, the Babylonian exile was a significant event where many Israelites were taken from their homeland, fulfilling earlier prophecies (<a href="/2_kings/24-10.htm">2 Kings 24:10-16</a>).In broad daylight, Performing this act in broad daylight ensures visibility, making it a public demonstration. This transparency contrasts with the secretive nature of sin and rebellion, emphasizing the clarity of God's message and judgment.set out from your place and go to another This movement symbolizes the forced relocation of the Israelites. It reflects the historical context of the Babylonian conquest, where many were uprooted from their homes. The act of leaving one's place signifies loss and the consequences of disobedience to God.as they watch. The public nature of this act serves as a visual prophecy to the people. It is intended to capture their attention and provoke reflection. The audience's role as observers highlights their responsibility to heed the warning.Perhaps they will understand, This phrase indicates hope for repentance and comprehension. Despite their rebellion, there remains an opportunity for the people to recognize their errors and return to God. It echoes the persistent call for repentance found throughout the prophetic books (<a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Jeremiah 26:3</a>).though they are a rebellious house. The term "rebellious house" characterizes the Israelites' persistent disobedience and resistance to God's commands. This rebellion is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, illustrating the need for divine intervention and the eventual coming of Christ, who offers redemption and reconciliation (<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. Known for his symbolic actions and visions. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The rebellious house referred to in the passage, who were in exile due to their disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_actions_as_prophetic_messages.htm">Symbolic Actions as Prophetic Messages</a> Ezekiel's actions were meant to visually communicate God's message. Consider how God might use actions in our lives to convey His truth to others. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_rebellion.htm">Understanding Rebellion</a> The Israelites' rebellion is a cautionary tale. Reflect on areas of personal rebellion against God and seek repentance. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_in_uncertainty.htm">Obedience in Uncertainty</a> Ezekiel obeyed God's command to act out the exile. Trusting God in uncertain times is crucial for spiritual growth. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_understanding.htm">Hope for Understanding</a> Despite the Israelites' rebellion, there was hope they might understand. Never underestimate the power of God's message to change hearts. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_exiles.htm">Living as Exiles</a> As Christians, we are called to live as exiles in this world, maintaining our focus on our heavenly home.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Prepare thee stuff for removing.--The same words are translated in <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm" title="O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.">Jeremiah 46:19</a>, "Furnish thyself to go into captivity." Stuff includes all that an emigrant would require, clothes, utensils, &c.; and "removing" is the same word as is translated captivity in <a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm" title="Then shall you bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and you shall go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.">Ezekiel 12:4</a>. The symbolical action was that of one preparing to leave his home to go into captivity. The prophet is to make his preparations during the day, and to carry forth his stuff (<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>), but not himself to go forth until even (<a href="/ezekiel/12-4.htm" title="Then shall you bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and you shall go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.">Ezekiel 12:4</a>). The action seems to be that of one who must abandon his home, using the whole day to carry out all he can with the purpose of saving it, and then himself leaving the house when the day is done.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 3-7. - Prepare thee stuff for removing, etc.; better, equipment for a journey, with the implied thought that it is the journey of one going into exile. "Bag and baggage," all the household goods which an exile could take with him (<a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11, 34</a> may supply an illustration), were to be brought out in broad daylight and piled up opposite his door. Then in the twilight (Revised Version, in the dark, and so in vers. 7, 12) he was to go forth, not by the door of his house, but by breaking through the wall (with such walls as those of <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a> the process would not be difficult), as a man might do who was escaping secretly from a city through the gates of which he dared not pass (ver. 5), and was to start with his travelling chattels upon his shoulder. Lastly (ver. 6), as the strangest feature of all, he was to go forth with his face covered, as one who wished to avoid recognition, as one also who could not see one step of the way before him. This, it is intimated, would startle even the most careless, and in this way he would become, as he had been before in like symbolic acts (<a href="/ezekiel/4.htm">Ezekiel 4, 5</a>.), as Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2</a>) and Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2</a>) had been before him, a sign unto the house of Israel. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore, וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you son בֶן־ (ḇen-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of man, אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being pack עֲשֵׂ֤ה (‘ă·śêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make your bags כְּלֵ֣י (kə·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> Something prepared, any apparatus for exile. גוֹלָ֔ה (ḡō·w·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> Exile, exiles In broad daylight, יוֹמָ֖ם (yō·w·mām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> Daytime, by day set out and go וְגָלִ֨יתָ (wə·ḡā·lî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal from your place מִמְּקוֹמְךָ֜ (mim·mə·qō·wm·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to another אַחֵר֙ (’a·ḥêr) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other as they look on. לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם (lə·‘ê·nê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain Perhaps אוּלַ֣י (’ū·lay) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_194.htm">Strong's 194: </a> Perhaps they will understand, יִרְא֔וּ (yir·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see though כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they הֵֽמָּה׃ (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They are a rebellious מְרִ֖י (mə·rî) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4805.htm">Strong's 4805: </a> Bitterness, rebellion, bitter, rebellious house. בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Ezekiel 12:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-3.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 12:3 Therefore you son of man prepare you (Ezek. 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