^12:9“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’ ^12:10Say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem,⁸ and all the house of Israel within it.’⁹^12:11Say, ‘I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.’

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Footnotes

8 The nearly incoherent Hebrew reads “The prince is this burden (prophetic oracle?) in Jerusalem.” The , which may only be trying to make sense of a very difficult text, says “Concerning the prince is this oracle,” assuming the addition of a preposition. This would be the only case where Ezekiel uses this term for a prophetic oracle. The reads the word for “burden” as a synonym for leader, as both words are built on the same root (נָשִׂיא, nasi’), but the verse is still incoherent because it is only a phrase with no verb. The current translation assumes that the verb יִשָּׂא (yisa’) from the root נָשִׂיא has dropped out due to homoioteleuton. If indeed the verb has dropped out (the syntax of the verbless clause being the problem), then context clearly suggests that it be a form of נָשִׂיא (see vv. 7 and 12). Placing the verb between the subject and object would result in three consecutive words based on the root נָשִׂיא and an environment conducive to an omission in copying: הַנָּשִׂיא יִשָּׁא הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה (hannasi’ yisha’ hammasa’ hazzeh, “the Prince will raise this burden”). The prince in Jerusalem refers to King Zedekiah. For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
9 The reads “within them.” Possibly a scribe copied this form from the following verse “among them,” but only “within it” makes sense in this context.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’ Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’ Say, ‘I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Son of man, did not the Israelites, that rebellious people, ask you, ‘What are you doing?’

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.’ Say to them, ‘I am a sign to you.’

“As I have done, so it will be done to them. They will go into exile as captives.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Son of man, hasn’t the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’ Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: This pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem and the whole house of Israel living there.’ You are to say, ‘I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.’

NLTNew Living Translation

“Son of man, these rebels, the people of Israel, have asked you what all this means. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: These actions contain a message for King Zedekiah in Jerusalem and for all the people of Israel.’ Explain that your actions are a sign to show what will soon happen to them, for they will be driven into exile as captives.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Son of man, did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, ‘What are you doing?’ Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This oracle is about the prince in Jerusalem and the entire house of Israel who are among them.” ’ Say, ‘I am your sign, and just as I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.’

KJV 1900King James Version

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

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