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The Prophecy
of Ezechiel 12
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking
house: who have eyes to see, and see not: and ears to
hear, and hear not: for they are a provoking house.
Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries
for removing, and remove by day in their sight: and
thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place
in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they
are a provoking house.
And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture
of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou
shalt go forth in the evening in their presence, as
one goeth forth that removeth his dwelling.
Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and
thou shalt go forth through it.
In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men's
shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the dark: thou
shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground:
for I have set thee for a sign of things to come to
the house of Israel.
I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth
my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth:
and in the evening I digged through the wall with my
hand: and I went forth in the dark, and was carried
on men's shoulders in their sight.
And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning,
saying:
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the provoking
house, said to thee: What art thou doing?
Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth
my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of
Israel, that are among them.
Say: 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.
And the prince that is in the midst of them, shall be
carried on shoulders, he shall go forth in the dark:
they shall dig through the wall to bring him out: his
face shall be covered, that he may not see the ground
with his eyes.
And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken
in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, into the
land of the Chaldeans, and he shall not see it, and
there he shall die.
And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops
I will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out
the sword after them.
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall
have dispersed them among the nations, and scattered
them in the countries.
And I will leave a few men of them from the sword, and
from the famine, and from the pestilence: that they
may declare all their wicked deeds among the nations
whither they shall go: and they shall know that I am
the Lord.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble: and drink thy
water in hurry and sorrow.
And say to the people of the land: Thus saith the Lord
God to them that dwell in Jerusalem in the land of Israel:
They shall eat their bread in care, and drink their
water in desolation: that the land may become desolate
from the multitude that is therein, for the iniquity
of all that dwell therein.
And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid
waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall
know that I am the Lord.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the
land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged,
and every vision shall fail.
Say to them therefore: Thus saith the Lord God: I will
make this proverb to cease, neither shall it be any
more a common saying in Israel: and tell them that the
days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
For there shall be no more any vain visions, nor doubtful
divination in the midst of the children of Israel.
For I the Lord will speak: and what word soever I shall
speak, it shall come to pass, and shall not be prolonged
any more: but in your days, ye provoking house, I will
speak the word, and will do it, saith the Lord God.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, behold the house of Israel, they that say:
The vision that this man seeth, is for many days to
come: and this men prophesieth of times afar off.
Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Not
one word of mine shall be prolonged any more: the word
that I shall speak shall be accomplished, saith the
Lord God.
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