Ezekiel 12:7

12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.

Ezekiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 21:5

21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’


tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.