12:3 “Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, 1 although they are a rebellious house.
40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city 2 was struck down, on this very day, 3 the hand 4 of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. 5
1 tn Heb “see.” This plays on the uses of “see” in v. 2. They will see his actions with their eyes and perhaps they will “see” with their mind, that is, understand or grasp the point.
1 sn That is, Jerusalem.
2 tn April 19, 573
3 tn Or “power.”
4 sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).