Eze 12:5, 12 | JFB | e4.org | 5. Dig —as Zedekiah was to escape like one digging through a wall, furtively to effect an escape ( ). carry out —namely, "thy stuff" ( ). thereby —by the opening in the wall. Zedekiah escaped "by the gate betwixt the two walls" ( ).

‏ Ezekiel 12:5

5. Dig—as Zedekiah was to escape like one digging through a wall, furtively to effect an escape (Eze 12:12).

carry out—namely, "thy stuff" (Eze 12:4).

thereby—by the opening in the wall. Zedekiah escaped "by the gate betwixt the two walls" (Jer 39:4).

‏ Ezekiel 12:12

12. prince . . . among them—literally, "that is in the midst of them," that is, on whom the eyes of all are cast, and "under whose shadow" they hope to live (La 4:20).

shall bear—namely, his "stuff for removing"; his equipments for his journey.

cover his face, that he see not the ground—See on Eze 12:6; the symbol in Eze 12:6 is explained in this verse. He shall muffle his face so as not to be recognized: a humiliation for a king!