King James VersionEzekiel12

Ezekiel

1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, say­ing, 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. 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. 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. 5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and car­ry out there­by. 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. 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. 8 And in the morn­ing came the word of the LORD unto me, say­ing, 9 Son of man, hath not the house of Is­rael, the re­bel­lious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scat­ter them among the na­tions, and dis­perse them in the coun­tries. 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. 17 More­over the word of the LORD came to me, say­ing, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quak­ing, and drink thy wa­ter with trem­bling and with care­ful­ness; 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. 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. 21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, say­ing, 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? 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. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vi­sion nor flat­ter­ing div­ina­tion with­in the house of Is­rael. 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. 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, say­ing, 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. 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.