4. Bring out your belongings packed for a long trip. Do it during the daytime. Let the people see you. Then in the evening, pretend you are being forced to leave home. Let the people see you.
5. "While the people are watching, dig through the mud bricks of your house. Then take your belongings out through the hole in the wall.
6. Put them on your shoulder. Carry them out at sunset. Let the people see you. Cover your face so you can't see the land. All of that will show the people of Israel what is going to happen to them."
7. So I did just as he commanded me. During the day I brought out my things as if I were going on a long trip. In the evening I dug through the wall of my house with my hands. At sunset I took my belongings out. I put them on my shoulders. The people watched what I was doing.
8. In the morning a message came to me from the Lord. He said,
9. "Son of man, didn't the people of Israel ask you, 'What are you doing?' They always refuse to obey me.