Ezekiel 12:5

New Century Version

Dig a hole through the wall while they watch, and bring your things out through it.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:4

Then the city was broken into, and the whole army ran away at night through the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden. While the Babylonians were still surrounding the city, Zedekiah and his men ran away toward the Jordan Valley.

Job 24:16

In the dark, evil people break into houses. In the daytime they shut themselves up in their own houses, because they want nothing to do with the light.

Ezekiel 12:4

During the day when the people are watching, bring out the things you would pack as captive. At evening, with the people watching, leave your place like those who are taken away as captives from their country.

Ezekiel 12:6

Lift them onto your shoulders with the people watching, and carry them out in the dark. Cover your face so you cannot see the ground, because I have made you a sign to the people of Israel.”