Ezekiel 12

Thomson^{(i) 1} Again a word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of these unrighteous men, who have eyes to see but do not see; and have ears to hear, but do not hear. Because they are a rebellious house, ³ do thou therefore, son of man, provide thyself utensils for a day of captivity, in their sight. And thou shalt be carried captive from this place of thine to another place, in their sight, that they may see. ⁴ Because they are a rebellious house, therefore thou shalt carry out thy utensils, the utensils for a day of captivity, before their eyes. And thou shalt go out in the evening in their sight, as a captive goeth out. ⁵ Make for thyself a breach in the wall and thou shalt go out through that, in their sight. ⁶ Thou shalt be taken up upon shoulders and shalt go out in a secret manner. Thou shalt cover thy face and not see the ground, for I have made thee a sign for the house of Israel. ⁷ So when I had done according to all that he had commanded me; and had carried out utensils for a day of captivity, and made in the evening a breach for myself in the wall, and had gone out in a concealed manner, being taken up upon shoulders in their sight; ⁸ a word of the Lord came to me in the morning, saying, ⁹ Son of man, Did not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, say to thee, What art thou doing? ¹⁰ Say respecting them, Thus saith the Lord, Lord; With respect to him who is the chief, and the ruler in Jerusalem, even to all the house of Israel, who are among them ¹¹ say, I am acting signs. As I have done, so shall it be with them. They shall go into banishment and captivity. ¹² And the chief in the midst of them shall be carried upon shoulders. He will go out in a secret manner through the wall; and a breach will be made for him to go out through it. He will cover his face that he may not be seen and he himself shall not see the ground. ¹³ But I will spread my net over him and he shall be caught in my enclosure. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it and he shall die there. ¹⁴ And all his helpers about him, and all them who assist him, I will scatter to every wind and make bare a sword to pursue them: ¹⁵ and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dispersed them among the nations. For I will disperse them through the countries ¹⁶ and leave a few of them from the sword, and from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their iniquities among the nations whither they go. And they shall know that I am the Lord. ¹⁷ Again a word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸ Son of man, thou shalt eat thy bread with sorrow and drink water with tribulation and affliction, ¹⁹ and thou shalt say respecting the people of that land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, They shall eat their loaves with scantiness, and drink water with astonishment, that the land may be wasted with the fulness thereof; ²⁰ for all its inhabitants are in a course of impiety; and their cities which are inhabited shall be laid waste and the land shall be a desolation and ye shall know that I am the Lord. ²¹ Again a word of the Lord came to me saying, ²² Son of man, what proverb is this which you have concerning Israel, saying, The days are far off. Vision is lost. ²³ Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord, I will change this parable; and the house of Israel shall no more use it; for thou shalt say to them, The days are at hand and the word of every vision. ²⁴ For there shall no more be a false vision of any sort, or a flattering diviner among the children of Israel; ²⁵ for I the Lord will speak my words; I will speak and perform, and no more put off to a distant time; for in these your days, rebellious house, I will speak a word and perform it, saith the Lord. ²⁶ Again a word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²⁷ Son of man, behold the house of Israel, that rebellious house, speak saying, The vision which this man seeth is for many days; and for times far distant he prophesieth; ²⁸ therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, None of my words which I speak shall any more be prolonged. I will speak and I will perform saith the Lord.