Ezekiel 12:1-16
The Vision of Captivity
12Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, you live in the amidst of the brebellious house, who chave eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. 3“Now as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. aPerhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house. 4“Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out aat evening in their sight, as those going into exile. 5“In their sight, dig a hole through the wall and 1go out through it. 6“In their sight, carry the baggage on your shoulder and bring it out in the dark. You shall acover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a bwondrous sign to the house of Israel.”
7I adid so, as I had been commanded. By day I bbrought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.
8And in the morning the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 9“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the arebellious house, said to you, ‘bWhat are you doing?’ 10“Say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This 1,aoracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are 2in it.”’ 11“Say, ‘I am 1a awondrous sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will bgo into exile, into captivity.’ 12“The aprince who is among them will carry his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. 1They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes. 13“I will also spread My anet over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will bnot see it, though he will die there. 14“And I will ascatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them. 15“So they will aknow that I am Yahweh when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries. 16“But I will 1spare a few of them from asword, famine, and pestilence that they may recount all their abominations among the nations where they go, and 2may bknow that I am Yahweh.”