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

3“Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4During the day, bring out your bags like an exile’s bags while they look on. Then in the evening go out in their sight like those going into exile. As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it. 6And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.” 7So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile’s bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight.

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 was broken into, and all the warriors fled at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,
• Jeremiah 39:2In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.

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