8. And the word of Yahweh came to me in the morning, saying,
9. “Son of man, did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, ‘What are you doing?’
10. Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This oracle is about the prince in Jerusalem and the entire house of Israel who are among them.” ’
11. Say, ‘I am your sign, and just as I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.’
12. And the prince who is in the midst of them, on his shoulder he will carry the baggage in the dusk, and he will go out; the wall will be dug through to bring him through it; and he will cover his face so that he will not see the land with his eye.
13. And I will spread out my net on him, and he will be captured in my hunting snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
14. And all who are around him, his help and all of his troops I will scatter in every direction, and I will draw the sword behind them.
15. And they will know that I am Yahweh when I scatter them among the nations and I scatter them in the countries.
16. But I will spare from them a few men from the sword, from the famine and from the plague, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations to which they will go, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”
17. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
18. “Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.
19. And you must say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: “They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from its fullness because of all the violence of those who are dwelling in it.
20. And the inhabited cites will be desolate, and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”
21. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
22. “Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision has come to nothing.’
23. Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “I will put an end to this proverb, and they will not quote it as a proverb again in Israel.” ’ But say to them, ‘The days are near, and also the word of every vision.’
24. For there will not be any longer any false vision or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
25. For I, Yahweh, I will speak what I will speak as a word, and it will be done. It will not prolong itself any longer, for in your days, house of rebellion, I will speak a word and I will fulfill it!” declares the Lord Yahweh.
26. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
27. “Son of man, look! The house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he is seeing is for many days from now, and for distant times he is prophesying.’
28. Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “None of my words will be prolonged any longer that I speak as a word, and it will be fulfilled!” ’ ” declares the Lord Yahweh.