Ezekiel 12:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
  • Jer 39:4 : 4 And when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men of war saw it, they went in flight from the town by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the doorway between the two walls: and they went out by the Arabah.
  • Ezek 12:6 : 6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.
  • Jer 42:7 : 7 And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
  • Jer 52:7 : 7 Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and they went by the way of the Arabah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    83%

    3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

    4 By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

    5 Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.

    6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.

    7 And I did as I was ordered: I took out my vessels by day, like those of one who is taken away, and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with a tent-pin; and in the dark I went out, taking my things on my back before their eyes.

    8 And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 12:13
    80%

    13 And my net will be stretched out on him, and he will be taken in my cords: and I will take him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldaeans; but he will not see it, and there death will come to him.

  • Ezek 12:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.

    11 Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.

  • Joel 2:9
    72%

    9 They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.

  • Nah 2:5
    71%

    5 The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

  • Isa 25:12
    71%

    12 And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

  • Isa 8:22
    71%

    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Amos 1:15
    71%

    15 And their king will be made prisoner, he and his captains together, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 17:12
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    12 Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon;

  • Ezek 38:12
    71%

    12 To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.

  • Ezek 26:12
    71%

    12 They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

  • Job 24:16
    70%

    16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

  • Dan 11:18-19
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    70%

    18 After this, his face will be turned to the islands, and he will take a number of them: but a chief, by his destruction, will put an end to the shame offered by him; and more than this, he will make his shame come back on him.

    19 Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he will not be seen again.

  • Jer 22:12
    70%

    12 But death will come to him in the place where they have taken him away prisoner, and he will never see this land again.

  • Ezek 9:1
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    1 Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.

  • Ezek 46:10
    70%

    10 And the ruler, when they come in, is to come among them, and is to go out when they go out.

  • Isa 31:9
    70%

    9 And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.

  • Isa 22:17
    70%

    17 See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,

  • Ezek 11:1
    70%

    1 And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

  • Jer 6:4-5
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    70%

    4 Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

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  • Ezek 13:12
    70%

    12 And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?

  • Dan 11:24
    70%

    24 Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.

  • Job 12:24-25
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    24 He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

    25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Joel 2:7
    70%

    7 They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

  • Dan 11:22
    69%

    22 And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.

  • Ezek 8:12
    69%

    12 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

  • Amos 9:4
    69%

    4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

  • Ezek 9:4
    69%

    4 The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

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    69%

    8 And when the ruler comes in, he is to go in through the covered way of the doorway, and he is to go out by the same way.

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    69%

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  • Ezek 13:15
    69%

    15 So I will let loose my passion on the wall in full measure, and on those who put whitewash on it; and I will say to you, Where is the wall, and where are those who put whitewash on it?

  • Isa 21:2
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    2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

  • Jer 52:7
    69%

    7 Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and they went by the way of the Arabah.

  • Jer 25:35
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    2 And the ruler is to go in through the covered way of the outer doorway outside, and take his place by the pillar of the doorway, and the priests will make his burned offering and his peace-offerings and he will give worship at the doorstep of the doorway; then he will go out, and the door will not be shut till the evening.

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    9 They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

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    69%

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    69%

    7 And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.