Ezequiel 12

¹ The worde of the Lorde also came vnto me, saying,

² Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and seeThat is, they receive not the fruit of that which they see and hear.not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they [are] a rebellious house.

³ Therefore thou sonne of man, prepare thy stuffe to goe into captiuitie, and goe foorth by day in their sight: and thou shalt passe from thy place to another place in their sight, if it be possible that they may consider it: for they are a rebellious house.

⁴ Then shalt thou bring foorth thy stuffe by day in their sight as the stuffe of him that goeth into captiuitie: and thou shalt go forth at euen in their sight, as they that go foorth into captiuitie.

⁵ Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and cary 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 mayest not see the ground: for I have set thee [for] aThat as you do, so shall they do, and therefore in you they will see their own plague and punishment.sign to the house of Israel.

⁷ And as I was commaunded, so I brought forth my stuffe by day, as ye stuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie: and by night I digged through the wall with mine hand, & brought it forth in ye darke, & I bare it vpo my shoulder in their sight.

⁸ And in the morning came the word of the Lord vnto me, saying,

⁹ Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to thee, WhatDo they not deride your doings?doest thou?

¹⁰ But say thou vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, This burden concerneth the chiefe in Ierusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

¹¹ Say, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them: they shall goe into bondage and captiuitie.

¹² And the chiefest that is among them, shall beare vpon his shoulder in the darke, and shall goe forth: they shall digge through the wall, to cary out thereby: he shall couer his face, that he see not the ground with his eies.

¹³ My net also will I spread uponWhen the king will think to escape by fleeing, I will take him into my net, as in (Eze_32:3).him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

¹⁴ And I will scatter toward euerie winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all his garisons, and I will drawe out the sworde after them.

¹⁵ And they shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, & disperse them in the countreis.

¹⁶ But I will leave aWho would bear his Name, and would be his Church.few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

¹⁷ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

¹⁸ Sonne of man, eate thy bread with trembling and drinke thy water with trouble, & with carefulnesse,

¹⁹ And say vnto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lorde God of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and of the lande of Israel, They shall eate their bread with carefulnes, and drinke their water with desolation: for the lande shall bee desolate from her abundance because of the crueltie of them that dwell therein.

²⁰ And the cities that are inhabited, shal be left voyde, and the land shall be desolate, and yee shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

²¹ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

²² Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The daysBecause they did not immediately see the prophecies accomplished, they contemned them as though they would never be fulfilled.are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

²³ Tell them therefore, Thus sayeth the Lord God, I wil make this prouerbe to cease, and they shall no more vse it as a prouerbe in Israel: but say vnto them, The daies are at hand and the effect of euery vision.

²⁴ For no vision shall be any more in vaine, neither shall there bee any flattering diuination within the house of Israel.

²⁵ For I am the Lorde: I wil speake, and that thing that I shall speake, shall come to passe: it shall be no more prolonged: for in your dayes, O rebellious house, will I saye the thing, and will performe it, sayeth the Lord God.

²⁶ Againe the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

²⁷ Son of man, behold, [they of] the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth [is] forThat is, it will not come to pass in our days, and therefore we care not for it: thus the wicked ever abuse God's patience and benignity.many days [to come], and he prophesieth of the times [that are] distant.

²⁸ Therefore say vnto them, Thus sayth the Lorde God, All my wordes shall no longer be delayed, but that thing which I haue spoken, shall be done, saith the Lord God.