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Ezekiel 12:6 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 12 · verse 6
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.Ezekiel 12:6 · King James Version
Ezekiel 12:6 in context
4Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
6In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
7And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
8And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shoulderskâthêphthe shoulder (properH3802 →
- twilightʻălâṭâhduskH5939 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- coverkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
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Perhaps Ezekiel reflected with so much pleasure upon the vision he had had of the glory of God that often, since it went up from him, he was wishing it might come down to him again, and, having seen it once and a second time, he was willing to hope he might be a third time so favoured;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16