Yehezkiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince ¹  who is among them will raise his belongings ²  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ³  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Yehezkiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ⁴  watch closely and listen carefully to ⁵  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ⁶  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

[12:12]  ¹ sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

[12:12]  ² tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

[12:12]  ³ tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

[44:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ⁶ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.