Ezekiel 12:3

Thou, therefore Son of man, Prepare thee baggage for exile, and exile thyself, by day, before their eyes,—so shalt thou exile thyself out of thy place unto another place before their eyes, peradventure they will consider— though a perverse house, they are.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Son of man. In the midst of a perverse house, dost thou dwell,— Who have eyes to see—and have not seen. Ears have they to hear—and have no heard, For a perverse house, they are.

4Therefore shalt thou take forth thy baggage as baggage for exile, by day before their eyes,—and thou thyself, shalt go forth in the evening, before their eyes, like them who go forth to exile.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29If they had been wise, they would have understood this,—They would have given heed to their here-after!

Jeremiah 7:26Yet they hearkened not unto me, Neither inclined their ear,—But stiffened their neck, They did more wickedly than their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:1Thus, said Yahweh unto me,—Go and buy for thyself a linen girdle, and put upon thy loins,—but in water, shalt thou not place it.

Jeremiah 19:1Thus said Yahweh, Go and buy a potter’s earthen bottle,—and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

Jeremiah 26:3Peradventure they will hear, and return every man from his wicked way,—and I shall repent as to the calamity which I am devising to execute upon them because of the wickedness of their doings:

Jeremiah 36:3Peradventure, the house of Judah will hearken unto all the calamity, which I am devising to execute against them,—to the end they may return every man from his wicked way, whereupon I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

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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