Ezekiel 12

"By day you shall bring out your belongings in their sight, as though going into captivity; and at evening you shall go in their sight, like those who go into captivity.  Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.  In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry themout at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.” vv.4-6

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Another act of Ezekiel he is to do for a sign to Israel.  This time he is to carry his belongings, of what he is able to, and go out as if going in to captivity.  One would look anxious, distressed, mournful, carrying what they could on their shoulders and a staff in their hand.  Ezekiel was to do this in broad daylight for all to see him.  Him digging through the wall is what we see happen when city actually falls at night in 2 Kings 25:4.  The covering of his face so that he cannot see the ground is a sign that they will never again see the land of Israel.  We also see how some of this prophesy is specific to king Zedekiah of his conduct during the captivity.  As in verse ten the Lord says this burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, Zedekiah.  Even as he gets his eyes plucked out once he is captured so that he cannot see the ground or land he will enter even though he is carried into the land of the Chaldeans (v.13).  Yet the end of this chapter the people mock the prophesy and say it's still a ways off, not to come during their time, but it does within five years of this chapter happening.
If you knew the fall of your city was about to come, how would you prepare?  What would you take if all you could take was what you could carry?Would you believe the report or not?  How do you know if it's truth or false?