6. In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulders and carry it out in the twilight. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.
7. I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day as baggage for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought it out at twilight, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.
8. In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9. Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, “What are you doing?”
10. Say to them, “Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.”
11. Say, “I am your sign.“As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.”
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.