12. The prince who is among them shall bear his baggage on his shoulder in the twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall to carry it out thereby. He shall cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
13. My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
14. I will scatter toward every wind all who are about him, his helpers and all his troops. And I will draw out the sword after them.
15. Then they shall know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
16. But I will spare a few men of them from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go and know that I am the Lord.
17. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
18. Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety.
19. And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with carefulness and drink their water with astonishment, because their land shall be desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
20. The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
21. The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
22. Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have in the land of Israel, saying, “The days are prolonged, and every vision fails”?
23. Tell them therefore, “Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb cease so that they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them, The days are at hand and the effect of every vision.