 1 The Word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house. You who have eyes to see and do not see. They have ears to hear and do not hear. For they are a rebellious house. 3 Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself vessels for exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you shall be exiled from your place to another place before their eyes. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. 4 You shall bring out your vessels, as vessels for exile, by day before their eyes. And you shall go out at evening before their eyes, as those going into exile. 5 Dig through the wall before their eyes, and carry out through it. 6 Before their eyes you shall carry it on your shoulders, carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face so that you do not see the ground, for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel. 7 I did as I was commanded. By day I brought out my vessel as a vessel for exile. And in the evening I dug by hand through the wall. I brought it out in the dark, and I carried it on my shoulder before their eyes. 8 In the morning the Word of the Lord came to me saying, 9 Son of man, 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 burden concerns the king in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel among them. 11 Say, I am your sign. As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity. 12 The king who is among them will carry burdens on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry out by it. He will hide his face so that he does not see the ground with his eye. 13 I will also spread my net on him and He will be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there. 14 I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. And I will draw out the sword after them. 15 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and scatter them in the countries. 16 But I will leave a few of them from the sword, from the famine and from the plague so that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 17 The Word of the Lord came to me saying, 18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking and drink your water with trembling and anxiety. 19 Say to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord God of the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, so that her land may be desolated of her fullness, because of the violence of all who live in it. 20 The cities that have people will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 21 The Word of the Lord came to me saying, 22 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail? 23 Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. 24 For there shall never again be any vain vision nor slippery divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I the Lord will speak and the Word that I speak will be done. It will no longer be delayed. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the Word and will do it, says the Lord God. 26 The Word of the Lord came to me saying, 27 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: There shall none of my words be delayed any more, but the Word that I have spoken will be done, says the Lord God.
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