[[Ezek-12]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-11]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-13]] --- ### 'The prince who is among them will bear on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry things out that way. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eyes. I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A specific prediction regarding the 'prince' (King Zedekiah) attempting a nighttime escape through a wall, being captured in a 'net' or 'snare', and being brought to Babylon without being able to see it. *Historical context*: This was fulfilled in 586 BCE when King Zedekiah attempted to flee Jerusalem at night through a breach between the city walls. He was captured by the Babylonians near Jericho and brought to Riblah. There, Nebuchadnezzar executed his sons before his eyes and then blinded him ([[2 Kings-25#v4|2 Kings 25:4]]-7; [[Jer-52#v7|Jeremiah 52:7]]-11). Because he was blinded before being deported, he was taken to Babylon but literally could not see the land, fulfilling the paradoxical prophecy. *Related to*: ### I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them. 'They will know that I am Yahweh when I disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the complete scattering of the king's defenders and the general population of Judah among foreign nations. *Historical context*: Historically, when Jerusalem fell, Zedekiah's army was scattered from him. The majority of the Judean population was deported to Babylon in the third wave of exile (586 BCE), while others fled to Egypt or were dispersed throughout the region, marking the start of the major Jewish Diaspora. *Related to*: ### The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the cities of Israel and the land itself will be completely destroyed and left uninhabited. *Historical context*: Following the Babylonian conquest, Jerusalem and its Temple were razed to the ground. Archaeological evidence and historical records from the period confirm that the cities of Judah were systematically destroyed and left desolate as the region became a depopulated province of the Babylonian Empire until the Persian period. *Related to*: ### The Lord Yahweh says: 'I will make this proverb to cease, and they will no more use it as a proverb in Israel;' but tell them, 'The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision... it will be no more deferred; for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak the word, and will perform it.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God declares that the judgment is no longer distant and will occur within the lifetime of the current generation, ending the people's dismissive proverb that 'visions fail' or are for 'far off' times. *Historical context*: Ezekiel delivered this prophecy around 592–591 BCE. The total destruction of Jerusalem occurred in 586 BCE, only about five or six years later. This immediate fulfillment within the same decade validated the 'in your days' timeframe and silenced the skeptics who believed the judgment was generations away. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy