Ezekiel 12:3–12

³for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, mortal, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight; you shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.^{* 4}You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself at evening in their sight, as those do who go into exile.^{* 5}Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry the baggage through it. ⁶In their sight you shall lift the baggage on your shoulder and carry it out in the dark; you shall cover your face, so that you may not see the land, for I have made you a sign for the house of Israel.^*

⁷I did just as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands; I brought it out in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

⁸In the morning the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹Mortal, 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^g and all the house of Israel in it.”^{h* 11}Say, “I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.”^{* 12}And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and shall go out; heⁱ shall dig through the wall and carry it through; he shall cover his face so that he may not see the land with his eyes.^*