"Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in t…" — Ezekiel 12:4

Ezekiel 12:4 · KJV

“Then 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. {as they...: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity}”

— Ezekiel 12:4

Verse 3

Therefore, 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. {stuff: or, instruments}

Verse 5

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. {Dig...: Heb. Dig for thee}

Ezekiel 12 — Context

Son 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.

Then 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. {as they...: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity}

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. {Dig...: Heb. Dig for thee}

In 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.

Cross References

Jeremiah 39:4

And it came to pass, {that} when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

2 Kings 25:4

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war {fled} by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which {is} by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees {were} against the city round about:) and {the king} went the way toward the plain.

Ezekiel 12:12

And 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.

Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which {was} by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans {were} by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.