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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] also came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], thou dwellest[H3427] in the midst[H8432] of a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004], which have eyes[H5869] to see[H7200], and see[H7200] not; they have ears[H241] to hear[H8085], and hear[H8085] not: for they are a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004].
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Therefore, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], prepare[H6213] thee stuff[H3627] for removing[H1473], and remove[H1540] by day[H3119] in their sight[H5869]; and thou shalt remove[H1540] from thy place[H4725] to another[H312]place[H4725] in their sight[H5869]: it may be they will consider[H7200], though they be a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004].
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Then shalt thou bring forth[H3318] thy stuff[H3627] by day[H3119] in their sight[H5869], as stuff[H3627] for removing[H1473]: and thou shalt go forth[H4161] at even[H6153] in their sight[H5869], as they that go forth[H4161] into captivity[H1473].
5Dig[H2864] thou through the wall[H7023] in their sight[H5869], and carry out[H3318] thereby.
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In their sight[H5869] shalt thou bear[H5375] it upon thy shoulders[H3802], and carry it forth[H3318] in the twilight[H5939]: thou shalt cover[H3680] thy face[H6440], that thou see[H7200] not the ground[H776]: for I have set[H5414] thee for a sign[H4159] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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And I did[H6213] so as I was commanded[H6680]: I brought forth[H3318] my stuff[H3627] by day[H3119], as stuff[H3627] for captivity[H1473], and in the even[H6153] I digged[H2864] through the wall[H7023] with mine hand[H3027]; I brought it forth[H3318] in the twilight[H5939], and I bare[H5375] it upon my shoulder[H3802] in their sight[H5869].
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And in the morning[H1242] came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto me, saying[H559],
9Son[H1121] of man[H120], hath not the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], the rebellious[H4805]house[H1004], said[H559] unto thee, What doest[H6213] thou?
10Say[H559] thou unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; This burden[H4853] concerneth the prince[H5387] in Jerusalem[H3389], and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] that are among[H8432] them.
11Say[H559], I am your sign[H4159]: like as I have done[H6213], so shall it be done[H6213] unto them: they shall remove[H1473] and go[H3212] into captivity[H7628].
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And the prince[H5387]that[H3282] is among[H8432] them shall bear[H5375] upon his shoulder[H3802] in the twilight[H5939], and shall go forth[H3318]: they shall dig[H2864] through the wall[H7023] to carry out[H3318] thereby: he shall cover[H3680] his face[H6440], that[H3282] he see[H7200] not the ground[H776] with his eyes[H5869].
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My net[H7568] also will I spread[H6566] upon him, and he shall be taken[H8610] in my snare[H4686]: and I will bring[H935] him to Babylon[H894] to the land[H776] of the Chaldeans[H3778]; yet shall he not see[H7200] it, though he shall die[H4191] there.
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And I will scatter[H2219] toward every wind[H7307] all that are about[H5439] him to help[H5828] him, and all his bands[H102]; and I will draw out[H7324] the sword[H2719]after[H310] them.
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And they shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], when I shall scatter[H6327] them among the nations[H1471], and disperse[H2219] them in the countries[H776].
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But I will leave[H3498] a few[H4557]men[H582] of them from the sword[H2719], from the famine[H7458], and from the pestilence[H1698]; that they may declare[H5608] all their abominations[H8441] among the heathen[H1471] whither they come[H935]; and they shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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Moreover the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to me, saying[H559],
18Son[H1121] of man[H120], eat[H398] thy bread[H3899] with quaking[H7494], and drink[H8354] thy water[H4325] with trembling[H7269] and with carefulness[H1674];
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And say[H559] unto the people[H5971] of the land[H127], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and of the land[H776] of Israel[H3478]; They shall eat[H398] their bread[H3899] with carefulness[H1674], and drink[H8354] their water[H4325] with astonishment[H8078], that her land[H776] may be desolate[H3456] from all that is therein[H4393], because of the violence[H2555] of all them that dwell[H3427]therein[H4393].
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And the cities[H5892] that are inhabited[H3427] shall be laid waste[H2717], and the land[H776] shall be desolate[H8077]; and ye shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
22Son[H1121] of man[H120], what is that proverb[H4912] that ye have in the land[H127] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], The days[H3117] are prolonged[H748], and every vision[H2377]faileth?[H6]
23Tell[H559] them therefore, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I will make this proverb[H4912] to cease[H7673], and they shall no more use it as a proverb[H4911] in Israel[H3478]; but say[H1696] unto them, The days[H3117] are at hand[H7126], and the effect[H1697] of every vision[H2377].
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For there shall be no more any vain[H7723]vision[H2377] nor flattering[H2509]divination[H4738]within[H8432] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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For I am the LORD[H3068]: I will speak[H1696], and the word[H1697] that I shall speak[H1696] shall come to pass[H6213]; it shall be no more prolonged[H4900]: for in your days[H3117], O rebellious[H4805]house[H1004], will I say[H1696] the word[H1697], and will perform[H6213] it, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Again the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to me, saying[H559],
27Son[H1121] of man[H120], behold, they of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]say[H559], The vision[H2377] that he seeth[H2372] is for many[H7227]days[H3117] to come, and he prophesieth[H5012] of the times[H6256] that are far[H7350] off.
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Therefore say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; There shall none of my words[H1697] be prolonged[H4900] any more, but the word[H1697] which I have spoken[H1696] shall be done[H6213], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].