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Ezekiel 12:6-8
New English Translation
Ezekiel 12:6-8
New English Translation
6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark.[a] You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground[b] because I have made you an object lesson[c] to the house of Israel.”
7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage[d] on my shoulder while they watched.
8 The Lord’s message came to me in the morning:
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- Ezekiel 12:6 tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17, in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.
- Ezekiel 12:6 tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
- Ezekiel 12:6 sn See also Ezek 12:11 and 24:24, 27.
- Ezekiel 12:7 tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied from the context.
Ezekiel 12:6-8
New International Version
Ezekiel 12:6-8
New International Version
6 Put them on your shoulder as they are watching and carry them out at dusk. Cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have made you a sign(A) to the Israelites.”
7 So I did as I was commanded.(B) During the day I brought out my things packed for exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulders while they watched.
8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 12:6-8
King James Version
Ezekiel 12:6-8
King James Version
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.
8 And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
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