Ezekiel 12:11
What does Ezekiel 12:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 12:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Say: I <FI>am<Fi> your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Say: I am a sign of things to come to you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall be removed from their dwellings, and go into captivity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Context
v.10Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
v.11This passage
v.12And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 52:15
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
- Jeremiah 15:2
And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
- Ezekiel 12:6
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the land: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 52:28
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;
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