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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 12 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Ezekiel 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/11.htm" title="Ezekiel 11">◄</a> Ezekiel 12 <a href="../ezekiel/13.htm" title="Ezekiel 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezekiel/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Ezekiel Packs for Exile</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can’t see, and ears to hear, but they can’t hear, since they’re a rebellious house.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Bring out your luggage, like you’re packing to go into exile, and do this during the daytime while they’re watching you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:4 Lit. before their eyes; and so through v. 7">a</a></span> Later that evening, leave while they’re watching you like someone heading into exile. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“While they’re watching, carry your luggage<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:6 Lit. carry it">b</a></span> on your shoulder and go out in total<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:6 Lit. thick">c</a></span> darkness. Cover your face so that you won’t see the land, because I’m using you as a sign to Israel’s house.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I did just as I was commanded. I brought out the luggage as if it were luggage for exile. I did this during the day. Then in the evening I dug a hole in the wall with my hand and brought the luggage out in total<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:7 Lit. thick">d</a></span> darkness and carried it out on my shoulder while they were watching.</p> <p class="heading">The Meaning of the Message</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The next morning, this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Son of Man, didn’t the house of Israel, that rebellious house, ask you, ‘What are you doing?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Answer them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “This oracle concerns the prince of Jerusalem and the whole of Israel’s house that is in their midst. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Tell them, ‘I’m a sign for you. Just as I enacted it,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:11 Lit. did">e</a></span> it’s going to happen to them. They’ll go into exile and captivity. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:12 The Heb. lacks his luggage">f</a></span> on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They’ll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won’t be able to see the land with his eyes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But I’ll throw my net over him. As a result, he’ll be captured with my net, and with it I’ll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won’t see it, though he’ll die there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I’ll scatter every attendant who surrounds him, along with his entire army, to every wind. When I unsheathe my sword to pursue them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>they’ll learn<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:15 Or know">g</a></span> that I am the LORD, when I’ve dispersed them among the nations and scattered them throughout the earth.”’”</p> <p class="heading">The Purpose of the Surviving Remnant</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“But I’ll preserve<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:16 Or retain">h</a></span> a few people out of the violent death,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:16 Lit. the sword">i</a></span> famine, and pestilence, so they can recount their detestable practices among the nations when they’ll go there. Then they’ll know that I am the LORD.”</p> <p class="heading">The Coming Devastation</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Son of Man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then tell the people of the land, ‘This is what the LORD says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to Israel’s land: “They’ll eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in trepidation, because their land will be desolate in its entirety due to all the violence committed by all who live in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they’ll learn<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:20 Or know">j</a></span> that I am the LORD.”’”</p> <p class="heading">The Coming Fulfillment of Visions</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Later, this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Son of Man, what’s this proverb you have concerning Israel’s land that says, ‘The days pass slowly and every vision ends in nothing.’?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:22 Lit. vision is destroyed">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “I’m about to put an end to use of this proverb in Israel. It will never be used again as a proverb in Israel. Instead, tell them that the days are drawing near when every vision will be fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>There will no longer be worthless visions and flattering divinations in the midst of Israel’s house. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Because I am the LORD, I’ll speak and the message that I communicate will be accomplished without delay. While you continue to be a rebellious house, I’ll speak the message and then fulfill it,” declares the Lord GOD.’”</p> <p class="heading">The Imminent Fulfillment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Later, this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Son of Man, pay attention! The house of Israel keeps on saying, ‘The vision that he’s talking about concerns the distant future. He’s prophesying concerning times that are far in the future!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “None of my messages will be delayed any longer. Any message that I speak will be fulfilled,” declares the Lord GOD.’”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 12:4 Lit. <i>before their eyes</i>; and so through v. 7<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 12:6 Lit. <i>carry it</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 12:6 Lit. <i>thick</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 12:7 Lit. <i>thick</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 12:11 Lit. <i>did</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 12:12 The Heb. lacks <i>his luggage</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 12:15 Or <i>know</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 12:16 Or <i>retain</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 12:16 Lit. <i>the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 12:20 Or <i>know</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 12:22 Lit. <i>vision is destroyed</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezekiel/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>