| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4During the day, bring out your bags like an exile's bags while they look on. Then in the evening go out in their sight like those going into exile. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile's bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8In the morning the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Son of man, hasn't the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, 'What are you doing?' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: This pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem and the whole house of Israel living there.' |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11You 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.' |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The prince who is among them will lift his bags to his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land with his eyes. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it, and he will die there. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15They will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague, so that among the nations where they go they can tell about all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the LORD." |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with anxious shaking. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the Lord GOD says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become dreadful. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'" |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Again the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes, 'The days keep passing by, and every vision fails'? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put a stop to this proverb, and they will not use it again in Israel.' But say to them, 'The days have arrived, as well as the fulfillment of every vision. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25But I, the LORD, will speak whatever message I will speak, and it will be done. It will no longer be delayed. For in your days, rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.'" |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"Son of man, notice that the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees concerns many years from now; he prophesies about distant times.' |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: None of my words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.'" |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
|
