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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 12:11

Explain that your actions are a sign to show what will soon happen to them, for they will be driven into exile as captives.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Gestures;   Remnant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exile;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to say, ‘I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.’
Hebrew Names Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
King James Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
English Standard Version
Say, ‘I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.'
New American Standard Bible
"Say, 'I am a sign to you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.'
New Century Version
Say, ‘I am a sign to you.' "The same things I have done will be done to the people in Jerusalem. They will be taken away from their country as captives.
Amplified Bible
"Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.'
World English Bible
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Say, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them: they shall goe into bondage and captiuitie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.'
Legacy Standard Bible
Say, ‘I am a wondrous sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.'
Berean Standard Bible
You are to say, 'I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.'
Contemporary English Version
I have done these things to show them what will happen when they are taken away as prisoners.
Complete Jewish Bible
Say: ‘I am a sign for you. As I have done, so will it be done to them — they will go into exile, into captivity.
Darby Translation
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tell them, ‘I am an example for all of you. What I have done will happen to you.' You will be forced to go to a faraway country as prisoners.
George Lamsa Translation
Say to them, I am a sign to you; just as I have done, so shall it be done to you; you shall go into captivity.
Good News Translation
Tell them that what you have done is a sign of what will happen to them—they will be refugees and captives.
Lexham English Bible
Say, ‘I am your sign, and just as I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.'
Literal Translation
Say, I am your wonder. As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Tell them: I am youre shewtoken: like as I haue done, so shal it happen vnto you: Flyt shal ye also, and go in to captiuyte.
American Standard Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Bible in Basic English
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
say: I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them--they shall go into exile, into captivity.
King James Version (1611)
Say, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them: they shall remooue and goe into captiuitie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Tell them, I am your shewe token, lyke as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them, they shall go into bondage and captiuitie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him: they shall go into banishment and captivity.
English Revised Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Seie thou, Y am youre signe of thing to comynge; as Y dide, so it schal be don to hem; thei schulen go in to passynge ouer, and in to caitifte.
Update Bible Version
Say, I am your sign: like I have done, so it shall be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Webster's Bible Translation
Say, I [am] your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall remove [and] go into captivity.
New English Translation
Say, ‘I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.'
New King James Version
Say, "I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall be carried away into captivity.'
New Life Bible
Tell them, ‘I am something special for you to see. As I have done, so it will be done to them. They will be taken to another land and held there.'
New Revised Standard
Say, "I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Say, I, am your sign: As I have done, so. shall it be done to them, Into exile - into captivity, shall they go.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.'
Young's Literal Translation
Say: I [am] your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.
THE MESSAGE
"Also tell them, ‘I am drawing a picture for you. As I am now doing, it will be done to all the people of Israel. They will go into exile as captives.'

Contextual Overview

1 Again a message came to me from the Lord : 2 "Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people. 3 "So now, son of man, pretend you are being sent into exile. Pack the few items an exile could carry, and leave your home to go somewhere else. Do this right in front of the people so they can see you. For perhaps they will pay attention to this, even though they are such rebels. 4 Bring your baggage outside during the day so they can watch you. Then in the evening, as they are watching, leave your house as captives do when they begin a long march to distant lands. 5 Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it. 6 As they watch, lift your pack to your shoulders and walk away into the night. Cover your face so you cannot see the land you are leaving. For I have made you a sign for the people of Israel." 7 So I did as I was told. In broad daylight I brought my pack outside, filled with the things I might carry into exile. Then in the evening while the people looked on, I dug through the wall with my hands and went out into the night with my pack on my shoulder. 8 The next morning this message came to me from the Lord : 9 "Son of man, these rebels, the people of Israel, have asked you what all this means. 10 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: These actions contain a message for King Zedekiah in Jerusalem and for all the people of Israel.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am: Ezekiel 12:6

remove and go: Heb. by removing go, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 52:15, Jeremiah 52:28-30

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 4:3 - This Ezekiel 24:24 - Ezekiel Zechariah 3:8 - wondered at

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
Genesis 12:14
And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai's beauty.
Genesis 26:7
When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful."
Genesis 29:17
There was no sparkle in Leah's eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.
2 Samuel 11:2
Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
Proverbs 21:30
No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord .
Song of Solomon 1:14
He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Say, I [am] your sign,.... Which represents you, and shows what will befall you:

like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; as he had carried out his stuff, and had removed it from one place to another, so they should be carried away out of their own land into a foreign country, as follows:

they shall remove, [and] go into captivity; the Babylonish captivity.


 
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