5. Dig for yourself through the wall, before their eyes. And you shall go out through it.
6. In their sight, you shall be carried on shoulders, you shall be carried in the dark. You shall cover your face, and you shall not see the ground. For I have appointed you as a portent for the house of Israel."
7. Therefore, I did just as he had instructed me. I brought out my supplies in the daytime, like the supplies of one who is moving far away. And in the evening, I dug myself through the wall by hand. And I went out in the dark, and I was carried on shoulders, in their sight.
8. And the word of the Lord came to me, in the morning, saying:
9. "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to you: 'What are you doing?'
10. Say to them: Thus says the Lord God: This is the burden concerning my leader who is in Jerusalem, and concerning the entire house of Israel, who are in their midst.
11. Say: I am your portent. Just as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They will be taken captive and moved far away.
12. And the leader who is in their midst will be carried on shoulders; he will go forth in darkness. They will dig through the wall, so that they may lead him away. His face will be covered, so that he may not see the land with his eye.
13. And I will extend my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him to Babylon, into the land of the Chaldeans, but he himself will not see it. And there he shall die.
14. And all who are around him, his guards and his companies, I will scatter into every wind. And I will unsheathe the sword after them.
15. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have dispersed them among the Gentiles, and will have sowed them among the lands.
16. And I will leave behind a few men of them, apart from the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence, so that they may declare all their wicked deeds among the Gentiles, to whom they will go. And they shall know that I am the Lord."
17. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
18. "Son of man, eat your bread in consternation. Moreover, drink your water hurriedly and in sorrow.
19. And say to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord God, to those who are living in Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread in anxiety, and drink their water in desolation, so that the land may be desolate before its multitude, because of the iniquity of all who are living in it.
20. And cities that are now inhabited will become desolate, and the land will be forsaken. And you shall know that I am the Lord."