Ezekiel 12:11

11 Say, 'I am your sign, [and] {just as} I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.'

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, did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, 'What [are] you doing?'

10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "This oracle [is about] the prince in Jerusalem and {the entire} house of Israel {who are among them}." '

11 Say, 'I am your sign, [and] {just as} I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.'

12 And the prince who [is] in the midst of them, on [his] shoulder he will carry [the baggage] in the dusk, and he will go out; {the wall will be dug through} to bring him through it; and he will cover his face so that he will not see the land with his eye.

13 And I will spread out my net on him, and he will be captured in my hunting snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "as that"
• [b] Hebrew "in"