Ezekiel 12:11

Say: I am your portent. Just as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They will be taken captive and moved far away.

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In The King James Version

Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

In Context

10Say to them: Thus says the Lord God: This is the burden concerning my leader who is in Jerusalem, and concerning the entire house of Israel, who are in their midst.

12And the leader who is in their midst will be carried on shoulders; he will go forth in darkness. They will dig through the wall, so that they may lead him away. His face will be covered, so that he may not see the land with his eye.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:11Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

Jeremiah 15:2And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.

Jeremiah 52:28This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;

Ezekiel 4:3And you shall take up for yourself an iron frying pan, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. And harden your face against it, and it shall be under a siege, and you shall surround it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

Zechariah 3:8Listen, Jesus the high priest, you and your friends, who dwell before you, who have been portending to men. For behold, I will lead my servant to the East.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 12:2-17

Zedekiah's Captivity Foretold. ( b. c. 593.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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