12:1 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
12:2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the iniquities of those, who
have eyes to see, and see not; and have ears to hear, and hear not: because
it is a provoking house.
12:3 Thou therefore, son of man, prepare thyself baggage for going into
captivity by day in their sight; and thou shalt be led into captivity from
thy place into another place I their sight; that they may see that it is a
provoking house.
12:4 And thou shalt carry forth thy baggage, baggage for captivity, by day
before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth at even, as a captive goes forth,
in their sight.
12:5 Dig for thyself into the wall [of the house], and thou shalt pass
through it in their sight:
12:6 thou shalt be lifted up on [men's] shoulders, and shalt go forth in
secret: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: because I
have made thee a sign to the house of Israel.
12:7 And I did thus according to all that he commanded me; and I carried
forth my baggage for captivity by day, and in the evening I dug through the
wall for myself, and went out secretly; I was taken up on [men's] shoulders
before them.
12:8 And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning, saying,
12:9 Son of man, have not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to
thee, What doest thou?
12:10 Say to them, Thus saith the Lord God, the Prince and the Ruler in
Israel, even to all the house of Israel who are in the midst of them:
12:11 say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him:
they shall go into banishment and captivity.
12:12 And the prince in the midst of them shall be borne upon shoulders, and
shall go forth in secret through the wall, and shall dig so that he may go
forth thereby: he shall cover his face, that he may not be seen by [any]
eye, and he himself shall not see the ground.
12:13 And I will spread out my net upon him, and he shall be caught in my
toils: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he
shall not see it, though he shall die there.
12:14 And I will scatter to every wind all his assistants round about him,
and all that help him; and I will draw out a sword after them;
12:15 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have scattered them
among the nations; and I will disperse them in the countries.
12:16 And I will leave of them [a few] men in number [spared] from the
sword, and from famine, and pestilence; that they may declare all their
iniquities among the nations whither they have gone; and they shall know
that I am the Lord.
12:17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12:18 Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink [thy] water with
torment and affliction.
12:19 And thou shalt say to the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, on the land of Israel; They shall eat their
bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land
may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are
ungodly.
12:20 And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
12:21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12:22 Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say,
The days are long, the vision has perished?
12:23 Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; I will even set aside this
parable, and the house of Israel shall no more at all use this parable: for
thou shalt say to them, The days are at hand, and the import of every
vision.
12:24 For there shall no more be any false vision, nor any one prophesying
flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel.
12:25 For I the Lord will speak my words; I will speak and perform [them],
and will no more delay, for in your days, O provoking house, I will speak
the word, and will perform [it], saith the Lord.
12:26 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12:27 Son of man, behold, the provoking house of Israel boldly say, The
vision which this man sees is for many days, and he prophesy for times afar
off.
12:28 Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Henceforth none of my
words shall linger, which I shall speak: I will speak and do, saith the
Lord. |
12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me,
saying,
12:2 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.
12:3 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.
12:4 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.
12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
12:6 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.
12:7 And 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.
12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said
unto thee, What doest thou?
12:10 Say 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.
12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto
them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
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.
12:13 My 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.
12:14 And 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.
12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them
among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
12:16 But 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.
12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12:18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with
trembling and with carefulness;
12:19 And 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.
12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
12:22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,
saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
12:23 Tell 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.
12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel.
12:25 For 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.
12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
12:27 Son 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.
12:28 Therefore 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. |