Ezekiel 12:3-8

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3} Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. ^(A)Perhaps they will ^(a)understand though they are a rebellious house. ^{Tools
4} Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out ^(B)at evening in their sight, as those going into exile. ^{Tools
5} Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and ^(b)go out through it. ^{Tools
6} Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall ^(C)cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a ^(D)sign to the house of Israel.”

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7} I ^(E)did so, as I had been commanded. By day I ^(F)brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.

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8} In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Footnotes:

a. Ezekiel 12:3: ['Or ', see that they are]

b. Ezekiel 12:5: ['Lit ', bring it out]

Cross references:

A. Ezekiel 12:3: Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 36:3; Jeremiah 36:7; Luke 20:13; 2 Timothy 2:25

B. Ezekiel 12:4: Jeremiah 39:4; Ezekiel 12:12

C. Ezekiel 12:6: 1 Samuel 28:8; Ezekiel 12:12; Ezekiel 12:13

D. Ezekiel 12:6: Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 20:3; Ezekiel 4:3; Ezekiel 12:11; Ezekiel 24:24

E. Ezekiel 12:7: Ezekiel 24:18; Ezekiel 37:7; Ezekiel 37:10

F. Ezekiel 12:7: Ezekiel 12:3-6