Moff EZE Chapter 12

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12 This word from the Eternal came to me: 2 “Son of man, you are living among rebellious folk who have eyes and will not see, who have ears and will not listen--a rebellious folk. 3 Son of man, prepare your outfit for exile; let them see you moving in broad daylight, let them see you removing out of your house; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebel- 4 lious folk. Let them see you moving your stuff by day, as though for exile; then let them see you leaving yourself in the 5 evening, as exiles leave. Let them see you breaking through the town wall and passing out; 6 let them see you carrying your belongings on your shoulders in the dark; cover up your face, that you may not see the ground —for I have made you an omen for Israel.”

7 I did as I was told; I carried out my belongings in open daylight, like an outfit for exile; at night I broke through the town-wall, bearing my belongings on my shoulder in the dark. I let them see me.

8 Then in the morning this word from the Eternal came to me: 9 “Son of man, has that rebellious folk Israel never asked you what you were doing? 10 Give them this message from the Lord the Eternal: ‘This bearing of a burden applies to the prince and all the Israelites in Jerusalem.’ Tell them:

11 I am an omen for you; as with me, so with you--to exile, to captivity, you go. 12 The prince among you, he shall go out in the dark, by the way he has broken, shouldering his burden, covering up his face, not to see the ground. 13 I will fling my net over him, and he shall be caught in my toils; I will take him to Babylon in Chaldea [[he will never see it, though he shall die there]], 14 and his attendants, his retinue and all his regiments, I will scatter to the winds, and pursue them with the sword. 15 When I disperse them among the nations and scatter them over foreign lands, then shall they realize that I am the Eternal. 16 A few of them I will save from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may confess all their detestable impieties among the nations of their exile. So shall they learn that I am the Eternal.”

17 This word from the Eternal came to me: 18 “Son of man, quake as you eat your bread, tremble anxiously as you drink your water, 19 and tell your countrymen that the Lord the Eternal has this word for the citizens of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: ‘They shall be anxious as they eat their bread and dismayed as they drink their water, for the land is to be stripped of all that it contains, owing to the violence done by all its inhabitants; 20 the peopled towns shall be emptied and the land laid desolate. It will teach you that I am the Eternal.’ ”

21 This word from the Eternal came to me: 22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, ‘Time passes, but no vision ever comes to anything’? 23 Tell them this from the Lord the Eternal: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, it shall never be repeated in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘The time is coming for the truth of every vision. 24 No more vain visions and smooth oracles in Israel! 25 For I the Eternal will speak a word, and my word shall be fulfilled; it shall not be delayed, for in your own day, O rebellious folk, I will both speak the word and fulfil it, says the Lord the Eternal.’ ” 26 This word from the Eternal also came to me: 27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for a long time ahead; he is predicting about a far-off age.’ 28 Tell them this word from the Lord the Eternal: ‘None of my words shall be delayed, but what I say shall be done, says the Lord the Eternal.’ ”

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