Ezekiel 12:3-12

3Therefore, 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. 1Perhaps they will 2understand though they are a rebellious house. 4Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out 3at evening in their sight, as those going into exile. 5Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and 4go out through it. 6Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall 5cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a 6sign to the house of Israel.”

7I 7did so, as I had been commanded. By day I 8brought 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.

8In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the 9rebellious house, said to you, ‘10What are you doing?’ 10Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord 11God, “This 1213burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are 14in it.”’ 11Say, ‘I am 15a 16sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will 17go into exile, into captivity.’ 12The 18prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. 19They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he can not see the land with his eyes.