Ezekiel:12

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* And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying : * Son of man , thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house ; they have eyes to see , and see not ; they have ears to hear , and hear not ; for they are a rebellious house . * Therefore , thou son of man , prepare thee stuff for removing from the land ; and remove by day in their sight , and remove from thy place to another place before their eyes . It may be they will consider , though they be a rebellious house . * And carry forth thy stuff , as stuff for removing , by day in their sight , and go forth at even in their sight , as they that go forth into captivity . * Before their eyes break thou through the wall , and carry forth thereby . * In their sight bear it upon thy shoulders , and carry it forth in the twilight . Cover thy face , so that thou see not the ground ; for I have made thee a sign to the house of Israel . * And I did as I was commanded , I carried forth my stuff , as stuff for removing from the land , by day ; and in the evening I broke through the wall with my hand ; I carried it forth in the twilight ; I took it upon my shoulder before their eyes . * And the word of Jehovah came to me in the morning , and said : * Son of man , hath not the house of Israel , the rebellious house , said to thee , "What doest thou ?" * Say to them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem , and all the house of Israel that is therein . * Say , I am your sign . As I have done , so shall it be done to them . They shall remove and go into captivity . * And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight , and shall go forth . They shall break through the wall to carry forth thereby ; he shall cover his face , that he see not the ground with his eyes . * I will also spread my net upon him , and he shall be taken in my snare , and I will bring him to Babylon , into the land of the Chaldaeans ; yet he shall not see it , though he shall die there . * And all that are round about him to help him , and all his bands , will I scatter to every wind ; and I will draw out the sword after them . * And they shall know that I am Jehovah , when I shall disperse them among the nations , and scatter them in the countries . * But I will leave a few men of them from the sword , from the famine , and from the pestilence ; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen , whither they come ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying : * Son of man , eat thy bread with quaking , and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness ; * and say to the people of the land : Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel ; their bread shall they eat with carefulness , and their water shall they drink with astonishment ; that their land may be desolate from all that is therein , because of the violence of them that dwell in it . * And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste , and the land shall be desolate , that ye may know that I am Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying : * Son of man , what meaneth that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel , saying , "The days are delayed , and every vision faileth "? * Therefore say to them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will make this proverb to cease , and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel . But say to them , The days are at hand , and what is declared in every vision . * For there shall be no longer any vain vision or deceptive divination within the house of Israel . * For I am Jehovah ; I speak , and the word which I speak shall come to pass ; it shall no more be delayed . In your own days , ye rebellious house , will I speak the word and perform it , saith the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying : * Son of man , behold , they of the house of Israel say , "The vision which he seeth is for many days to come , and he prophesieth of times that are far off ." * Therefore say to them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : There shall none of my words be deferred any more ; what I speak shall be done , saith the Lord Jehovah .

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