Ezekiel 12

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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. 

The children of God were out of order and disobedient.  God said they have eyes to see but refuse to see and ears to hear but won't listen because they are rebellious.

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. 

Ezekiel was told by God to remove his stuff in the daylight so that people can see what he was doing and then move again and they will wonder what you are doing and maybe they will ask you a question and you can tell them what you are trying to convey.

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. 

I want you to convey the message of what will happen when they will go into exile.

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 

Dig a hole in the wall and bring your bags through the hole.

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. 

Cover your face so you cannot see the ground and carry your bags on your shoulder for you are demonstrating what will happen to Israel.

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. 

Ezekiel did what God had instructed him to do.

And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 

The next day God spoke to Ezekiel again and said,

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? 

Didn't the children of Israel ask you what you are doing?

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. 

Tell them this concerns what will happen to the people of Israel.

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

What you saw me do was a demonstration of what will happen to Judah's leaders and followers.

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. 

The leader that is over you will do exactly what I demonstrated the same way at the same time of day.  I was pretending, but he will be real.

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. 

 I will see to it that Zedekiah will be led to Babylonia, he will be blinded and he will die in captivity.

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.

All of the people who usually help him will run and I will send a sword after them.

 

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 

Then they will remember I am the Lord.

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. 

A few people who will survive My judgment will tell the heathens what I did.

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 

God continued to speak to me saying,

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 

Tremble when you eat bread and shake when you drink water as if not enough.

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. 

They will eat like food and water is depleted, and extremely scarce because of all the violence in the land.

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. 

The city will be destroyed and the land will be empty and you will know that I am God.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 

The saying in the street is that I will not allow this to happen soon and the vision is not true.

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. 

God said He will put an end to the lie of saying what I said will not happen.  What I said will happen just as I have spoken.

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 

The false teaching will be put to an end.

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. 

No more delay, I will show you that what I said will happen.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 

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. 

The people will speak and say, that what I will do soon will happen in the future.

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.

The words I have spoken will not tarry, they will accomplish what I sent them to carry out.