Ezekiel 12:3–12

³“Now as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. ^aPerhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house.

⁴“Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out ^aat evening in their sight, as those going into exile.

⁵“In their sight, dig a hole through the wall and ¹go out through it.

⁶“In their sight, carry the baggage on your shoulder and bring it out in the dark. You shall ^acover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a ^bwondrous sign to the house of Israel.”

⁷I ^adid so, as I had been commanded. By day I ^bbrought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.

⁸And in the morning the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁹“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the ^arebellious house, said to you, ‘^bWhat are you doing?’

¹⁰“Say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This ^1aoracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are ²in it.” ’

¹¹“Say, ‘I am ¹a ^awondrous sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will ^bgo into exile, into captivity.’

¹²“The ^aprince who is among them will carry his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. ¹They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.