Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for theyarea rebellious house.
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though theybea rebellious house.
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
In their sight shalt thou bearituponthyshoulders,andcarryitforth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set theefora sign unto the house of Israel.
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I broughtitforth in the twilight,andI bareituponmyshoulder in their sight.
And in the morning came the word of theLORDunto me, saying,
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the LordGOD; This burdenconcerneththe prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel thatareamong them.
Say, Iamyour sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall removeandgo into captivity.
And the prince thatisamong them shall bear uponhisshoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground withhiseyes.
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylontothe land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
And I will scatter toward every wind all thatareabout him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
And they shall know that IamtheLORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that IamtheLORD.
Moreover the word of theLORDcame to me, saying,
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the LordGODof the inhabitants of Jerusalem,andof the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that IamtheLORD.
And the word of theLORDcame unto me, saying,
Son of man, whatisthat proverbthatye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the LordGOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
For IamtheLORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the LordGOD.
Again the word of theLORDcame to me, saying,
Son of man, behold,they ofthe house of Israel say, The vision that he seethisfor many daysto come, and he prophesieth of the timesthat arefar off.
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the LordGOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the LordGOD.