Ezekiel 12:1

1 God's Message came to me:

Ezekiel 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:1

The word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] The word of prophecy, as the Targum; the vision of the cherubim being over, this, very likely, immediately followed upon the former; though the exact time of the prophecy cannot be fixed, because the date is not given; it must be between the sixth month of the sixth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, ( Ezekiel 8:1 ) ; and the fifth month of the seventh year, ( Ezekiel 20:1 ) .

Ezekiel 12:1 In-Context

1 God's Message came to me:

2 "Son of man, you're living with a bunch of rebellious people. They have eyes but don't see a thing, they have ears but don't hear a thing. They're rebels all.

3 So, son of man, pack up your exile duffel bags. Leave in broad daylight with everyone watching and go off, as if into exile. Maybe then they'll understand what's going on, rebels though they are.

4 You'll take up your baggage while they watch, a bundle of the bare necessities of someone going into exile, and toward evening leave, just like a person going off into exile.

5 As they watch, dig through the wall of the house and carry your bundle through it.