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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 12:6 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 12:6	Strong Concordance	In their sight [05869] shalt thou bear [05375] it upon thy shoulders [03802], and carry it forth [03318] in the twilight [05939]: thou shalt cover [03680] thy face [06440], that thou see [07200] not the ground [0776]: for I have set [05414] thee for a sign [04159] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478].
	King James	In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
in . . . twilight--rather, "in the dark." So in Gen 15:17, "it" refers to "thy stuff." cover thy face--as one who muffles his face, afraid of being recognized by anyone meeting him. So the Jews and Zedekiah should make their exit stealthily and afraid to look around, so hurried should be their fight [CALVIN]. sign--rather, "a portent," namely, for evil.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

in . . . twilight--rather, "in the dark." So in Gen 15:17, "it" refers to "thy stuff."

cover thy face--as one who muffles his face, afraid of being recognized by anyone meeting him. So the Jews and Zedekiah should make their exit stealthily and afraid to look around, so hurried should be their fight [CALVIN].

sign--rather, "a portent," namely, for evil.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Thou shalt cover thy face - A sign of mourning (see Eze 24:17); also of Zedekiah's blindness Eze 12:12.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Thou shalt cover thy face - A sign of mourning (see Eze 24:17); also of Zedekiah's blindness Eze 12:12.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Bare it - In testimony of the servitude they shall be reduced to, who then must do what servants or beasts were wont to be employed in. Cover thy face - As unwilling to be seen or known. For - I have set thee for a sign to them, and thou shalt tell them the meaning of these things in due time.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Bare it - In testimony of the servitude they shall be reduced to, who then must do what servants or beasts were wont to be employed in. Cover thy face - As unwilling to be seen or known. For - I have set thee for a sign to them, and thou shalt tell them the meaning of these things in due time.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground - Referring to the blinding of Zedekiah: even the covering of the face might be intended to signify that in this way Zedekiah should be carried to Babylon on men's shoulders in some sort of palanquin, with a cloth tied over his eyes, because of the recent wounds made by extracting them. All the prophecies from this to the twentieth chapter are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem. How accurate the prediction! and how exactly fulfilled!

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground - Referring to the blinding of Zedekiah: even the covering of the face might be intended to signify that in this way Zedekiah should be carried to Babylon on men's shoulders in some sort of palanquin, with a cloth tied over his eyes, because of the recent wounds made by extracting them. All the prophecies from this to the twentieth chapter are supposed to have been delivered in the sixth year of Zedekiah, five years before the taking of Jerusalem. How accurate the prediction! and how exactly fulfilled!

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