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Ezekiel 12:5

3 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.

4 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.

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

6 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.

7 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.

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BSB
As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
KJV
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
WEB
Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your baggage out that way.
ASV
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
DARBY
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
BLB
Before their eyes you shall dig for yourself through the wall, and go out through it.
ÅB
Bryt deg et hull i veggen midt for deres øyne og bær dine ting ut gjennom den!
OTB
I deres nærvær, grav gjennom veggen og ta dine eiendeler ut gjennom den.
B1930
Bryt dig et hull i veggen midt for deres øine og bær dine ting ut gjennem den!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 39:2–4

    And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

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  • 2 Kings 25:4

    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

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