Ezekiel Prepares for Exile
1
Then the
word of the
LORD came to me,
saying,
2
"Son of
man, you
live in the
midst of the
rebellious house,
who have
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.
Perhaps they will
understand 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 at
evening in their
sight, as those
going into
exile.
5
"Dig a hole through the
wall in their
sight and
go out through it.
6
"Load the baggage on your
shoulder in their
sight 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."
7
I
did so, as I had been
commanded. By
day I
brought 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.
8
In the
morning the
word of the
LORD came to me,
saying,
9
"Son of
man, has not the
house of
Israel, the
rebellious house,
said to you, '
What are you
doing ?'
10
"Say to them,
'Thus says the
Lord GOD,
"This burden concerns the
prince in
Jerusalem as well as
all the
house of
Israel who are in it."'
11
"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.'
12
"The
prince who is
among them will
load his baggage on his
shoulder in the
dark and
go out. They 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
net 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 not
see it, though he will
die there.
14
"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.
15
"So they will
know that I am the
LORD when I
scatter them among the
nations and
spread them among the
countries.
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"But I will
spare a
few of them from the
sword, the
famine and the
pestilence that they may
tell all their
abominations among the
nations where * they
go, and may
know that I am the
LORD."