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Ezekiel 12:1-13:23

Baggage through the Wall

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Baggage through the Wall

Ezekiel 12:1-13:23

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This song belongs to the Ezekiel collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Ezekiel
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Ezekiel
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Alternative Pop
[Processional Chant] Baggage through the wall, The proverb of delay has reached its end. Pack in daylight while the neighbors watch, [Verse 1] Dig through the wall when the evening falls. Cover the face; lift the weight to the shoulder, A prince will leave blind though his eyes remain open. Bread in trembling, water in fear, [Chorus] Baggage through the wall, The proverb of delay has reached its end. A sign becomes near when the people say far. Foxes in ruins found words of their own, [Silence] They painted weak mortar and called it a wall. [Verse 2] Rain asked the plaster what stone lay beneath, The answer collapsed when the storm entered in. No charm can hunt souls and remain unseen, [Final Chorus] Baggage through the wall, The proverb of delay has reached its end. Baggage goes outward; false shelter falls inward.

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Ezekiel 12: Packed baggage and an expired proverb

Ezekiel becomes a moving sign again. He packs the belongings of an exile in daylight, digs through a wall, and carries the load out at twilight with his face covered, all "in their sight" before people described as having eyes that do not see. The explanation fixes the sign on Jerusalem's prince and people: royal status will not turn flight into freedom, and the prince will reach Babylon without seeing it. A few survivors remain to testify among the nations about the conduct behind the scattering. Then the Book of Ezekiel changes signs from baggage to a meal. Bread and water are consumed with shaking and anxiety, showing that provision can remain while security disappears. The closing dispute is about time itself. One proverb says visions fail because days pass; another pushes fulfillment into a distant future. Both defenses are answered with the same claim: the word will no longer be prolonged.

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Ezekiel 13: A coat of plaster is not a wall

The problem in this chapter is not merely bad prediction but borrowed authority. Prophets speak from their own hearts, follow their own spirits, and attach "The LORD saith" to what God has not spoken. The Book of Ezekiel compares them first to foxes occupying ruins instead of repairing breaches, then to plasterers coating a weak wall with material that cannot make it sound. Their promise of peace does not create peace; it makes weakness look habitable until storm and hail expose the foundation. The chapter then addresses women who likewise prophesy from their own hearts, using poorly understood ritual objects while taking payment in food and making false declarations about life and death. The closing accusation is exact: lies make the righteous sad and strengthen the wicked against turning. God tears away the instruments of deception and releases those who have been hunted by words presented as help.

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