The Announcement of the Imminent Coming of the Exile
17 And the word of Yahweh came[af] to me, saying,[ag] 18 “Son of man,[ah] you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink. 19 And you must say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: “They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from[ai] its fullness because of all the violence of those who are dwelling in it.[aj] 20 And the inhabited cites will be desolate,[ak] and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
21 And the word of Yahweh came[al] to me, saying,[am] 22 “Son of man,[an] what is this proverb you people have[ao] about the land of Israel, saying,[ap] ‘The days are prolonged,[aq] and every vision has come to nothing.’ 23 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “I will put an end to this proverb, and they will not quote it as a proverb again in Israel.”’ But[ar] say to them, ‘The days are near, and also the word of every vision.’ 24 For there will not be any longer any false vision[as] or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel. 25 For I, Yahweh, I will speak what I will speak as a word, and it will be done. It will not prolong itself any longer, for in your days, house of rebellion, I will speak a word and I will fulfill it!” declares[at] the Lord Yahweh. 26 And the word of Yahweh came[au] to me, saying,[av] 27 “Son of man,[aw] look! The house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he is seeing is for many days from now, and for distant times he is prophesying.’ 28 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “None of my words will be prolonged any longer that I speak as a word, and it will be fulfilled!”’” declares[ax] the Lord Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 12:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 12:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 12:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:2 Literally “which eyes are for them to see and not they see”
- Ezekiel 12:2 Literally “ears are for them to hear”
- Ezekiel 12:3 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:3 Hebrew “you”
- Ezekiel 12:3 Hebrew “in”
- Ezekiel 12:4 Literally “like the goers out of an exile”
- Ezekiel 12:5 Hebrew “you”
- Ezekiel 12:6 Literally “the”
- Ezekiel 12:7 Literally “so as that”
- Ezekiel 12:7 Hebrew “me”
- Ezekiel 12:7 Hebrew “in”
- Ezekiel 12:8 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 12:8 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 12:9 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:10 Literally “all of”
- Ezekiel 12:10 Literally “which they are in the midst of them”
- Ezekiel 12:11 Literally “as that”
- Ezekiel 12:11 Hebrew “in”
- Ezekiel 12:12 Or “in the dusk he will go out”
- Ezekiel 12:12 Literally “through the wall they will dig”
- Ezekiel 12:12 Or “may”
- Ezekiel 12:12 Hebrew “the”
- Ezekiel 12:14 Or “support”
- Ezekiel 12:14 Literally “to every direction of the wind”
- Ezekiel 12:14 Or “unsheathe”
- Ezekiel 12:15 Literally “at my scattering them”
- Ezekiel 12:16 Or “And”
- Ezekiel 12:16 Literally “men of number”
- Ezekiel 12:17 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 12:17 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 12:18 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:19 Or “of”
- Ezekiel 12:19 Literally “the ones dwelling in it”
- Ezekiel 12:20 Literally “the being inhabited cities they will be desolate”
- Ezekiel 12:21 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 12:21 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 12:22 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:22 Literally “to you”
- Ezekiel 12:22 Literally “to you”
- Ezekiel 12:22 Literally “they are long the days”
- Ezekiel 12:23 Hebrew “But if”
- Ezekiel 12:24 Literally “every vision of falseness”
- Ezekiel 12:25 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 12:26 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 12:26 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 12:27 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 12:28 Literally “declaration of”