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Ezekiel 12

2 The parable of the captiuitie. 18 Another parable whereby the diſtres of hunger and thirſt is ſignified.
1.THe worde of ẏ Lord alſo came vnto me, ſaying,
2.Sonne of man, thou dwelleſt in the middes of a rebellious houſe, which haue eyes to ſe, and ſe not: thei haue eares to heare, & heare not: for thei are a rebellious houſe.
3.Therefore thou ſonne of man, prepare thy ſtuffe to go into captiuitie & go forthe by daie in their ſight: and thou ſhalt paſſe from thy place to another place in their ſight, if it be poſsible that thei maie conſider it: for thei are a rebellious houſe.
4.Then ſhalt thou bring forthe thy ſtuffe by daie in their ſight as the ſtuffe of him ẏ goeth into captiuitie: & ẏ ſhalt go forthe at euen in their ſight, as thei that go forthe into captiuitie.
5.Dig thou through the wall in their ſight, and carie out thereby.
6.In their ſight ſhalt thou beare it vpon thy ſhulders, & carie it forthe in the darke: thou ſhalt couer thy face that thou ſe not the earth: for I haue ſet thee as a ſigne vnto the houſe of Iſraél.
7.And as I was cōmanded, ſo I broght forthe my ſtuffe by day, as ẏ ſtuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie: and by night I digged through the wall with mine hand, and broght it forthe in the darke, and I bare it vpon my ſhulder in their ſight.
8.And in the morning came the worde of ẏ Lord vnto me, ſaying,
9.Sonne of man, hathe not the houſe of Iſraél, the rebellious houſe, ſaid vnto thee, What doeſt thou?
10.But ſaie thou vnto them, Thus ſaith the Lord God, This burden concerneth the chief in Ieruſalém, and all the houſe of Iſraél that are among them.
11.Saie, I am your ſigne: like as I haue done, ſo ſhal it be done vnto them: thei ſhal go into bondage & captiuitie.
12.And the chiefeſt that is amõg them, ſhal beare vpon his ſhulder in the darke and ſhal go forthe: thei ſhal digge through the wall, to carie out thereby: he ſhal couer his face yt he ſe not the grounde with his eyes.
13.My net alſo wil I ſpread vpon him, and he ſhalbe taken in my net, and I wil bring him to Babél to ye land of the Caldeãs, yet ſhal he not ſe it, thogh he ſhal dye there.
14.And I wil ſcatter towarde euerie winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all his gariſons, and I wil drawe out the ſworde after them.
15.And thei ſhal knowe that I am the Lord, when I ſhal ſcatter the amõg the nacions, and diſperſe them in the countreis.
16.But I wil leaue a litle nombre of them from the ſworde, from the famine, and frõ the peſtilence, that thei may declare all theſe abominations among the heathen, where thei come, and thei ſhal knowe, that I am the Lord.
17.¶ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, ſaying,
18.Sonne of man, eat thy bread with trembling, and drinke thy water with trouble, & with carefulnes,
19.And ſay vnto the people of the land, Thus ſaith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Ieruſalém, and of the land of Iſraél, Thei ſhal eat their bread with carefulnes, & drinke their water with deſolatiõ: for the land ſhalbe deſolate frõ her abundance becauſe of the crueltie of them that dwell therein.
20.And the cities that are inhabited, ſhal be left voide, & the land ſhalbe deſolate, and ye ſhal knowe that I am the Lord.
21.¶ And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, ſaying,
22.Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Iſraél, ſaying, The dayes are prolonged and all viſions faile?
23.Tel them therefore, Thus ſaith the Lord God, I wil make this prouerbe to ceaſe, & thei ſhal no more vſe it as a prouerbe in Iſraél: but ſay vnto them, The dayes are at hand and the effect of euerie viſion.
24.For no viſion ſhalbe any more in vaine, nether ſhalthere be anie flatering diuinaciõ within the houſe of Iſraél.
25.For I am the Lord: I wil ſpeake, and that thing that I ſhal ſpeake, ſhal come to paſſe: it ſhalbe no more prolonged: for in your daies, ô rebellious houſe, wil I ſay the thing, & wil perfome it, ſaith ye Lord God.
26.Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, ſaying,
27.Sonne of man, beholde, thei of the houſe of Iſraél ſay, The viſion that he ſeeth, is for many daies tocome, & he prophecieth of the times that are far of.
28.Therefore ſay vnto thẽ, Thus ſaith the Lord God, All my wordes ſhal no longer be delayed, but ye thing which I haue ſpoken, ſhalbe done, ſaith the Lord God.

Notes

2:a.
That is, thei receiue not ẏ frute of that which thei ſe and heare
3:".
Ebr. make thee veſſels to go into captiuitie.
6:b.
That as ẏ doeſt, ſo ſhal thei do, and therefore in thee thei ſhal ſe their owne plague and puniſhment.
9:c.
Do not thei deride thy doings?
10:".
Or, prophecie,
13:d.
When the Kig ſhal thike to eſcape by fleing, I wil take him in my net, as Cha 17,20 & 32,3
16:e.
Which ſhulde beare his Name & ſhulde be his Churche, read Chap 11,16.
22:f.
Becauſe thei did not immediately ſe the prophecies accomplithed, thei contemned them as thogh thet ſhulde neuer be fulfilled
24:".
Or, take none effect.
27:g.
That is, it ſhal not come to paſſe in our daies, and therefore we care not for it: thus ye wicked euer abuſe Gods pacience and benignitie.