Ezekiel 12:11 “You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so wil…”

Ezekiel 12:11

You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“Say, ‘I am your sign. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Say, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them: they shall goe into bondage and captiuitie.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“remove and go”

Jeremiah 15:2 Jeremiah 52:15 Jeremiah 52:28–30

Jeremiah 15:2 · BSB

If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those…

Jeremiah 52:15 · BSB

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

Jeremiah 52:28–30 · BSB

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Also

Ezekiel 12:6

Ezekiel 12:6 · BSB

And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’

12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

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