8. And in the morning the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9. Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
10. Say thou unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel that are among them.
11. Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: when they go to another country they shall go in captivity.
12. And the prince that is among them shall be born upon their shoulders in the night, and they shall go forth; they shall dig through the wall to carry him out thereby; he shall cover his face that he not see the land with his eyes.
13. But I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will cause him to be taken to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it though he shall die there.
14. And I will scatter toward every wind all that were about him to help him and all his companies; and I will draw out the sword after them.
15. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I shall scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them in the countries.
16. 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 Gentiles where they go; and they shall know that I am the Lord.