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Signs of the Coming Captivity

Ezekiel 12:11

In 11 translations

BSB
You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.Literally ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as I have done; some translators close the quotation at the end of the verse.
KJV
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.they…: Heb. by removing go into captivity
WEB
“Say, ‘I am your sign. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity.
ASV
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
LSV
Say: I [am] your sign; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they go.
YLT
Say: I [am] your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.
DBY
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.
DRC
Say: I am a sign of things to come to you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall be removed from their dwellings, and go into captivity.
GNV
Say, I am your signe: like as I haue done, so shall it be done vnto them: they shall goe into bondage and captiuitie.
JPS
say: I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them — they shall go into exile, into captivity.
LXXE
say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him: they shall go into banishment and captivity.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֱמֹ֖ר אֲנִ֣י מֽוֹפֶתְכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֗יתִי כֵּ֚ן יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם בַּגּוֹלָ֥ה בַשְּׁבִ֖י יֵלֵֽכוּ׃
LXX-Br
εἰπὸν, ὅτι ἐγὼ τέρατα ποιῶ· ὃν τρόπον πεποίηκα, οὕτως ἔσται αὐτῷ· ἐν μετοικεσίᾳ καὶ ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ πορεύσονται.

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  • Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and…
  • Jeremiah 52:15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
  • Jeremiah 52:28–30These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard…
  • Ezekiel 12:6And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

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