Ezekiel 12

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1The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.51 cross-references: Jeremiah 5:21, Mark 4:12, Psalms 78:40, John 9:39–41, Jeremiah 9:1–6
3Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.33 cross-references: Jeremiah 36:3, 2 Timothy 2:25, Jeremiah 26:3, Luke 20:13, Jeremiah 36:7
4Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.4 cross-references: Jeremiah 39:4, Ezekiel 12:12, 2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 52:7
5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.4 cross-references: Jeremiah 39:2–4, 2 Kings 25:4
6In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.14 cross-references: Ezekiel 4:3, Isaiah 8:18, Ezekiel 24:24, 1 Samuel 28:8, Ezekiel 12:11–12
7And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.11 cross-references: Ezekiel 24:18, Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:10, Ezekiel 12:3, Jeremiah 32:8–12
8And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
9Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?9 cross-references: Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 17:12, Ezekiel 20:49, Ezekiel 2:5–8, Ezekiel 12:1–3
10Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.13 cross-references: 2 Kings 9:25, Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 14:28, Malachi 1:1, Jeremiah 21:7
11Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.8 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:15, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 52:28–30, Ezekiel 12:6
12And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.19 cross-references: 2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 39:4, Ezekiel 12:6, Jeremiah 42:7, Jeremiah 52:7
13My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.35 cross-references: Hosea 7:12, Ezekiel 17:20, Jeremiah 39:7, Isaiah 24:17–18, Ezekiel 32:3
14And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.19 cross-references: Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 17:21, 2 Kings 25:4–5, Ezekiel 14:21, Ezekiel 14:17
15And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.22 cross-references: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 12:20, Ezekiel 28:26
16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.33 cross-references: Ezekiel 14:22–23, Ezekiel 6:8–10, Jeremiah 22:8–9, Jeremiah 4:27, Amos 9:8–9
17Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;18 cross-references: Lamentations 5:9, Psalms 60:2–3, Leviticus 26:26, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:65
19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.26 cross-references: Zechariah 7:14, Micah 7:13, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 6:6–7, Ezekiel 7:23
20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.22 cross-references: Jeremiah 4:7, Isaiah 7:23–24, Jeremiah 25:9, Isaiah 3:26, Isaiah 64:10–11
21And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?30 cross-references: Ezekiel 18:2–3, Ezekiel 11:3, Ezekiel 12:27, Isaiah 5:19, Jeremiah 23:33–40
23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.21 cross-references: Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Ezekiel 7:5–7, Ezekiel 18:3, Matthew 24:34
24For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.16 cross-references: Ezekiel 13:23, Zechariah 13:2–4, Jeremiah 14:13–16, Romans 16:18, Ezekiel 13:6
25For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God.28 cross-references: Habakkuk 1:5, Isaiah 55:11, Ezekiel 12:28, Isaiah 14:24, Matthew 24:35
26Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
27Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.14 cross-references: Daniel 10:14, Ezekiel 12:22, 2 Peter 3:4, Isaiah 28:14–15
28Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.13 cross-references: Ezekiel 12:23–25, 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3, Matthew 24:48–51, Mark 13:32–37, Revelation 3:3

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