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title = "Ezekiel 12:1–16"
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date = "2023-03-30"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel12.1-16)
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The Lord gives Ezekiel another symbolic action to perform before the people
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which demonstrates for them actions happening in far-off Jerusalem. He is to
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pack a bag as if he is going into exile, dig a hole in his wall in the evening,
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and escape through it into the country. As he goes out he is to cover his face
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so that he cannot see the land he is leaving.
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As He gives Ezekiel these instructions, the Lord emphasizes again the
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rebellious nature of the house of Israel. He indicates that their stubborn
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rebellion is what keeps them from seeing and hearing the message that Ezekiel
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has been telling them, but maybe if Ezekiel remains faithful to the Lord they
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will eventually realize what's going on. This strategy seems to work, because
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the Lord implies that they have asked Ezekiel what he is doing.
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Having gone out for the night, Ezekiel returns to the exiles in the morning to
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explain what he was showing them. The prince in Jerusalem (that is, the puppet
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king Zedekiah who tried to use Egypt to get out from under Babylon's thumb) and
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the rest of the people left in the city are going to be exiled as well. The
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prince will try to escape by night, digging a hole in the wall and covering his
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face so that he cannot see the land. However, Ezekiel explains that he will be
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unsuccessful in his flight, and the Lord will capture him using the Chaldeans.
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It turns out he will be unable to see the land because they will blind him. (_2
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Kings 25:7_) They will take him to Babylon and he wll die there. Everyone
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around him will be scattered or slain, though a few will escape to spread the
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news of what the Lord has done to them.
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* * *
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Your patience is astonishing, that You continue to reach out to those with
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hardened hearts.
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