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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it.

Context of Ezekiel 12:5

3“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. 4During the daytime, while they watch, bring out your belongings packed for exile. Then in the evening, while they are watching, go out like those who go into exile. While they watch, dig through the wall and take your belongings out through it. 6Put them on your shoulder as they are watching and carry them out at dusk. Cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have made you a sign to the Israelites.” 7So I did as I was commanded. During the day I brought out my things packed for exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulders while 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 through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,
• Jeremiah 39:2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.

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