KJ3 Literal Translation
Ezekiel 12
The type of Ezekiel's exile. It shows the captivity of Zedekiah. Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews' desolation.
1And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
2Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but they do not see; ears are to them to hear, but they do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.
3And you, son of man, make for yourself vessels for exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you shall be exiled from your place to another place before their eyes. Perhaps they will see that they are a rebellious house.
4And you shall bring forth your vessels as vessels for exile by day before their eyes. And you shall go forth at evening before their eyes, as those going into exile.
5Before their eyes dig for yourself through the wall, and bear out through it.
6Before their eyes you shall bear on the shoulder, in the dark bear out. You shall cover your face so that you do not see the ground, for I have set you as a wonder to the house of Israel.
7And I did so, as I was commanded. By day I brought forth my vessels as vessels for exile. And in the evening I dug by hand for myself through the wall. I brought it out in the dark, and I bore on my shoulder before their eyes.
8And in the morning the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?
10Say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah: This burden is to the prince in Jerusalem, and to all the house of Israel who are among them.
11Say, I am your wonder. As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
12And the prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark and go forth through the wall. They shall dig to bring out by it. He shall cover his face so that he does not look with the eye on the earth.
13And I will spread My net on him, and he shall be taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and he will not see it, and he shall die there.
14And all who are around him, his help and all his bands, I will scatter to every wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
15And they shall know that I am Jehovah when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands.
16But of them I will leave a number of mankind from the sword, from the famine, and from the plague, so that they may declare all their disgusting things among the nations, there where they go. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.
17And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
18Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety.
19And say to the people of the land, So says the Lord Jehovah to those living in Jerusalem, to the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, so that her land may be desolated of her fullness, because of the violence of all those who live in her.
20And the cities that have people shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.
21And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
22Son of man, what is this proverb to you on the land of Israel, saying, The days are long, and every vision shall perish?
23Therefore, say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb cease, and they shall not use it again in Israel. However, say to them, The days draw near, and the matter of every vision.
24For there shall not again be every vain vision and slippery divination within the house of Israel.
25For I, Jehovah, will speak. The Word which I shall speak shall be done, it shall not be drawn out again. For in your days, O house of rebellion, I will say the Word and will do it, a statement of the Lord Jehovah.
26And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
27Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, The vision that he is seeing is for many days, and he prophesies for times far off.
28Therefore say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah: Not any of My words will be drawn out any longer. What I have spoken, that word shall be done, a statement of the Lord Jehovah.
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