Ezekiel 12:3

Ezekiel 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings for exile and in the daytime, as they watch, set out and go from where you are to another place. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight. You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

Context of Ezekiel 12:3

1Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you shall go out at evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile. 5Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.

Ezekiel 12:3 word by word

וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ כְּלֵ֣י גוֹלָ֔ה וּגְלֵ֥ה יוֹמָ֖ם לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְגָלִ֨יתָ מִמְּקוֹמְךָ֜ אֶל־מָק֤וֹם אַחֵר֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם אוּלַ֣י יִרְא֔וּ כִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

• So as for you, sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• prepareעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• for yourself baggageכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• for exileגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• and goגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• intoגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• by dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• in their sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• from your placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• to anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• Perhapsאוּלַי'ûlay 'ûlay · perhapsH194
• understandרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: examineH7200
• thoughכִּיkîy · forH3588
• they are a rebelliousמְרִיmerîy · rebellionH4805
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Ezekiel 12:3

• Ezekiel 11:10You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you, and inscribe a city on it--Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 13:1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.”
• Jeremiah 18:2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.”
• Jeremiah 19:1This is what the Lord says: “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests.
• Jeremiah 27:2this is what the Lord has said to me: “Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck,
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’
• Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it would go well with them and with their sons forever!
• Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!
• Psalms 81:13Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
• Jeremiah 18:11So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now turn back, each of you from his evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds!”’
• Jeremiah 25:4And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,
• Jeremiah 26:3Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, and I will relent of the disaster which I am planning to inflict on them because of the evil of their deeds.’
• Jeremiah 36:3Perhaps the house of Judah will listen to all the disaster which I plan to carry out against them, so that every person will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.”
• Luke 13:8But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
• Luke 20:13Now the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Prepare thee stuff for removing - Get carriages to transport thy goods to another place; signifying by this the captivity that was at hand.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Stuff - Raiment, vessels, and the like. The “removing” was to be of the kind that accompanied exile. The whole account of this transaction marks it as a real act. The prophet was to be “a sign” to his countrymen, and the “exiles” as well as those that remained in Judaea had need to be taught this lesson, for though themselves far away, they looked to Jerusalem as their home, and were scarcely less eager for its safety than the inhabitants themselves.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. stuff for removing--rather, "an exile's outfit," the articles proper to a person going as an exile, a staff and knapsack, with a supply of food and clothing; so "instruments of captivity," Jr 46:19, Margin, that is, the needful equipments for it. His simple announcements having failed, he is symbolically to give them an ocular demonstration conveyed by a word-painting of actions performed in vision. consider--(De 32:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 12:3

• Ezekiel
• Instruction
• Repentance
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Carefulness
• Ezekiel
• Stuff
• 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