Ezekiel 12:5

Ezekiel 12:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
• New International Version (NIV)While they watch, dig through the wall and take your belongings out through it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In their sight dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.

Context of Ezekiel 12:5

3Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for exile, and move into exile during the day when they will see you; even go into exile from your place to another place as they watch. Perhaps they will understand even though they are a rebellious people. 4Bring your provisions and supplies out during the day as they watch, as provisions and supplies for [going into] exile. Then you shall go out at evening as they watch, as those going into exile. Dig through the wall as they watch and go out through the hole. 6As they look on, load the provisions and supplies on your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.” 7I did as I had been commanded. I brought out my provisions and supplies during the day, like the provisions and supplies of an exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I brought out my provisions and supplies in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder as they watched.

Ezekiel 12:5 word by word

לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם חֲתָר־לְךָ֣ בַקִּ֑יר וְהוֹצֵאתָ֖ בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Digחָתַרchâthar · to digH2864
• thou through the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• in their sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• and carry outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318

Cross-references for Ezekiel 12:5

• 2 Kings 25:4Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan).
• Jeremiah 39:2and in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, they breached the wall and broke into the city.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Dig thou through the wall - This refers to the manner in which Zedekiah and his family would escape from the city. They escaped by night through a breach in the wall. See Jeremiah 39:2-4; and 2 Kings 25:4.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Ezekiel was to dig a hole through the wall to sneak out of a besieged city without being noticed, similar to what Zedekiah later tried to do (2 Kings 25:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Dig--as Zedekiah was to escape like one digging through a wall, furtively to effect an escape (Eze 12:12). carry out--namely, "thy stuff" (Eze 12:4). thereby--by the opening in the wall. Zedekiah escaped "by the gate betwixt the two walls" (Jr 39:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 12:5

• Ezekiel
• Instruction
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Carefulness
• Ezekiel
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings