Ezekiel 12:5

Ezekiel 12:5 says, Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.  God told Ezekiel to dig through the wall and go out that way.  The people of Isreal were depending on the wall and not God to defend them, and I believe this was God’s way of showing them how useless the wall would be if they were depending on it instead of repenting and turning to God.  No matter what we are looking to for security in the world today other than faith in God will always fail us.   

Verse six adds, In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.  Matthew Henry said Ezekiel covering his face represented those who were carried away captive and often had their faces covered so they couldn’t see where they were going.  As long as we are a captive of sin, we will never see where we are ultimately going, which is to everlasting punishment separated from God.   

Verse seven continues, And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.  Ezekiel said he did as he had been told to do, digging through the wall and carrying all his stuff, which he said was stuff of captivity, in the twilight but in the sight of all the people.  Matthew Henry said Ezekiel had to dig through the wall because the gates were guarded.  Once we know what God wants us to do, even if it might seem strange to us, we need to do whatever it is that He has commanded us to do.