Ezekiel 12:6

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ¹  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ²  because I have made you an object lesson ³  to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince ⁴  who is among them will raise his belongings ⁵  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ⁶  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Ezekiel 26:10

26:10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. ⁷  Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.

² tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

³ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

⁴ sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

⁵ tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

⁶ tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

⁷ tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”

⁸ tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”