³And you, son of man,^e prepare for yourself^f the baggage of an exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you must go into^g exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see that they are a house of rebellion. ⁴And you must bring out your baggage like the baggage of an exile by day before their eyes, and you must go out in the evening before their eyes like those who go into exile.^h ⁵Before their eyes dig through for yourself,ⁱ through the wall, and you must bring the baggage out through it. ⁶Before their eyes, on your^j shoulder, you must lift up the baggage in the dusk, and your face you must cover, so that you may not see the land, for I make you as a sign to the house of Israel.” ⁷And I did just as^k I was commanded; my baggage, like the baggage of an exile, I brought out by day, and in the evening I dug through for myself^l into^m the wall with my hand in the dusk; I brought the baggage on my shoulder; I carried it before their eyes. ⁸And the word of Yahweh came to me in the morning, saying,ⁿ ⁹“Son of man,^o did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, ‘What are you doing?’ ¹⁰Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This oracle is about the prince in Jerusalem and the entire^p house of Israel who are among them.” ’^q ¹¹Say, ‘I am your sign, and just as^r I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into^s captivity they will go.’

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Footnotes

eOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
fHebrew “you”
gHebrew “in”
hLiterally “like the goers out of an exile”
iHebrew “you”
jLiterally “the”
kLiterally “so as that”
lHebrew “me”
mHebrew “in”
nLiterally “to say”
oOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
pLiterally “all of”
qLiterally “which they are in the midst of them”
rLiterally “as that”
sHebrew “in”