12:4-6
Ezekiel had to pack his belongings and to set out for somewhere. He had to do this everyday, during the day. In the evening he was to go into his house, dig a hole in the wall of his house and then “escape” through this hole. He was also to cover his eyes. This was to signify that he didn’t know where he was going, he was going to a strange land. This all represented the desperate furtive escape from Jerusalem. The intention of this means of communication was that finally the exiles might understand what was happening, that Jerusalem would fall. However, God does not seem overly hopeful! (12:3).
12:7-11
So Ezekiel carried out the enactments he had been instructed to do. The houses then were made of a form of mud bricks, so his digging a hole in the wall would not be impossible. Presumably he just filled in the same hole at the end of each day, so that making the hole on subsequent days was somewhat easier, and that his house did not collapse! God then asks him if the people inquired of him what on earth he was doing. Ezekiel’s ministry as a prophet was no ordinary one. We are not told here whether they asked or not. But if they did ask Ezekiel is to tell them that what he is enacting is what will happen to the king and the people of Jerusalem.
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