Then word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee the gear for exile, and remove as though for exile by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be that they will perceive, though they are a rebellious house.

Then shalt thou bring forth thy gear by day in their sight, as gear for exile: and thou shalt go forth at evening in their sight, as they that go out into exile.

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out through it.

In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it out in the dark: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign to the house of Yisra᾽el.

And I did as I was commanded: I brought out my gear by day, as gear for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought it out in the dark and I bore it on my shoulder in their sight.

And in the morning came the word of the Lord to me, saying,

Son of man, has not the house of Yisra᾽el, the rebellious house, said to thee, What doest thou?

Say thou to them, Thus says the Lord God; This burden concerns the prince in Yerushalayim, and all the house of Yisra᾽el that are among them.

Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.

And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go out: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Bavel to the land of the Kasdim; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

And I will scatter towards every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

But I will leave a few men of them over from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may confess all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;

and say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and of the land of Yisra᾽el; They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with appalment, that her land may be desolate, bare of its fullness, because of the violence of all that dwell in it.

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Yisra᾽el, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?

Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Yisra᾽el; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the word of every vision.

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Yisra᾽el.

For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord God.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Yisra᾽el say, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God; None of my words shall be delayed any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, says the Lord God.