Ezekiel 12 : 1 (NCV)
Again the Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Ezekiel 12 : 2 (NCV)
"Human, you are living among a people who refuse to obey. They have eyes to see, but they do not see, and they have ears to hear, but they do not hear, because they are a people who refuse to obey.
Ezekiel 12 : 3 (NCV)
"So, human, pack your things as if you will be taken away captive, and walk away like a captive in the daytime with the people watching. Move from your place to another with the people watching. Maybe they will understand, even though they are a people who refuse to obey.
Ezekiel 12 : 4 (NCV)
During the day when the people are watching, bring out the things you would pack as captive. At evening, with the people watching, leave your place like those who are taken away as captives from their country.
Ezekiel 12 : 5 (NCV)
Dig a hole through the wall while they watch, and bring your things out through it.
Ezekiel 12 : 6 (NCV)
Lift them onto your shoulders with the people watching, and carry them out in the dark. Cover your face so you cannot see the ground, because I have made you a sign to the people of Israel."
Ezekiel 12 : 7 (NCV)
I did these things as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought what I had packed as if I were being taken away captive. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I brought my things out in the dark and carried them on my shoulders as the people watched.
Ezekiel 12 : 8 (NCV)
Then in the morning the Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Ezekiel 12 : 9 (NCV)
"Human, didn't Israel, who refuses to obey, ask you, 'What are you doing?'
Ezekiel 12 : 10 (NCV)
"Say to them, 'This is what the Lord God says: This message is about the king in Jerusalem and all the people of Israel who live there.'
Ezekiel 12 : 11 (NCV)
Say, 'I am a sign to you.' "The same things I have done will be done to the people in Jerusalem. They will be taken away from their country as captives.
Ezekiel 12 : 12 (NCV)
The king among them will put his things on his shoulder in the dark and will leave. The people will dig a hole through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the ground.
Ezekiel 12 : 13 (NCV)
But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap. Then I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Babylonians. He will not see that land, but he will die there.
Ezekiel 12 : 14 (NCV)
All who are around the king -- his helpers and all his army -- I will scatter in every direction, and I will chase them with a sword.
Ezekiel 12 : 15 (NCV)
"They will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries.
Ezekiel 12 : 16 (NCV)
But I will save a few of them from the sword and from hunger and disease. Then they can tell about their hateful actions among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
Ezekiel 12 : 17 (NCV)
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Ezekiel 12 : 18 (NCV)
"Human, tremble as you eat your food, and shake with fear as you drink your water.
Ezekiel 12 : 19 (NCV)
Then say to the people of the land: 'This is what the Lord God says about the people who live in Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their food with fear and drink their water in shock, because their land will be stripped bare because of the violence of the people who live in it.
Ezekiel 12 : 20 (NCV)
The cities where people live will become ruins, and the land will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"
Ezekiel 12 : 21 (NCV)
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Ezekiel 12 : 22 (NCV)
"Human, what is this saying you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by and every vision comes to nothing'?
Ezekiel 12 : 23 (NCV)
So say to them, 'This is what the Lord God says: I will make them stop saying this, and nobody in Israel will use this saying anymore.' But tell them, 'The time is near when every vision will come true.
Ezekiel 12 : 24 (NCV)
There will be no more false visions or pleasing prophecies inside the nation of Israel,
Ezekiel 12 : 25 (NCV)
but I, the Lord, will speak. What I say will be done, and it will not be delayed. You refuse to obey, but in your time I will say the word and do it, says the Lord God.'"
Ezekiel 12 : 26 (NCV)
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Ezekiel 12 : 27 (NCV)
"Human, the people of Israel are saying, 'The vision that Ezekiel sees is for a time many years from now. He is prophesying about times far away.'
Ezekiel 12 : 28 (NCV)
"So say to them: 'The Lord God says this: None of my words will be delayed anymore. What I have said will be done, says the Lord God.'"
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