Ezekiel 12:11

11 Say, ¹‘I am a sign for you: ²as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity. ’

Ezekiel 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:11

Say, I [am] your sign
Which represents you, and shows what will befall you: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them;
as he had carried out his stuff, and had removed it from one place to another, so they should be carried away out of their own land into a foreign country, as follows: they shall remove, [and] go into captivity;
the Babylonish captivity.

Ezekiel 12:11 In-Context

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 oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it. ’

11 Say, ‘I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity. ’

12 And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. They shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes.

13 And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.

Cross References

• 1. 12:11 [ver. 6]
• 2. 12:11 [ch. 24:24]