Quotes About Journey

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëAlthough I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.í

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.

And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.

And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.

The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.

I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,

Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.

Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.

Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.