Ezekiel 12
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 2 `Son of man, in the midst of
the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have
not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious
house [are] they. 3 And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and
remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto
another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house
they [are]. 4 And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by
day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes,
as the goings forth of a removal. 5 Before their eyes dig for thee through the
wall, and thou hast brought forth by it. 6 Before their eyes on the shoulder
thou dost bear, in the darkness thou dost bring forth, thy face thou dost
cover, and thou dost not see the earth, for a type I have given thee to the
house of Israel.' 7 And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have
brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me
through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the
shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes. 8 And there is a word of Jehovah
unto me, in the morning, saying, 9 `Son of man, have they not said unto
thee--the house of Israel--the rebellious house--What art thou doing? 10 say
unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `The prince [is] this burden in
Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are in their midst. 11 Say: I [am]
your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a
captivity, they do go. 12 As to the prince who [is] in their midst, on the
shoulder he beareth in the darkness, and he goeth forth, through the wall they dig to bring forth by
it, his face he covereth, that he may not look on the
very surface of the land. 13 And I have spread My net for him, and he hath been
caught in My snare, and I have brought him in to Babylon, the land of the
Chaldeans, and it he doth not see--and there doth he die. 14 `And all who are
round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and
a sword I draw out after them. 15 And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, in
My scattering them among nations, and I have spread them through lands; 16 and
I have left of them, a few in number, from the sword, from the famine, and from
the pestilence, so that they recount all their abominations among the nations
whither they have come, and they have known that I [am] Jehovah.' 17 And there
is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 18 `Son of man, thy bread in haste thou
dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink; 19 and
thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah
concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their
bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because
its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because
of the violence of all who are dwelling in it. 20 And the cities that are
inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that
I [am] Jehovah.' 21 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 22 `Son of
man, what [is] this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying,
Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision? 23 therefore say unto
them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they
use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the
days, And spoken hath every vision. 24 For there is no more any vain vision,
and flattering divination, In the midst of the house of Israel. 25 For I [am]
Jehovah, I speak, The word that I speak--it is done, It is not prolonged any
more, For, in your days, O rebellious house, I speak a word, and I have done
it, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.' 26 And there is a word of Jehovah unto
me, saying: 27 `Son of man, lo, the house of Israel are saying, The vision that
he is seeing [is] for many days, and of times far off he is prophesying, 28
therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: None of my words are
prolonged any more, When I speak a word--it is done, An affirmation of the Lord
Jehovah!'