1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the house of rebellion; they have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, because they are the house of rebellion.3And you, son of man, prepare for yourself articles of captivity and carry them out by day before their eyes; then you shall carry them out from your place to another place before their eyes, so that perhaps they may see, because they are the house of rebellion.4And you shall bring out your articles as articles of captivity by day before their eyes, and you yourself shall go out in the evening before their eyes, just as the departures of captivity occur.5Before their eyes dig through the wall for yourself and bring it out through the opening.6Before their eyes you shall lift the load upon your shoulder; you shall bring it out in the darkness; you shall cover your face so that you do not see the land, because I have made you a wonder to the house of Israel.7So I acted just as I had been commanded: I brought out the articles like articles of captivity by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall for myself by hand; in the darkness I brought it out and lifted it upon the shoulder before their eyes.8And the word of the LORD came to me in the morning, saying,9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, said to you, 'What are you doing?'10Say to them, 'Thus said the Lord GOD: This is the oracle concerning the leader in Jerusalem and concerning all the house of Israel who are among them.'11Say, 'I am your wonder; just as I have done, so it shall be done to them: into captivity, into the captivity they shall go.'12The leader who is among them shall lift the burden upon his shoulder in the darkness and shall go out; they shall dig through the wall to bring it out; he shall cover his face because he will not see the land with his eye.13I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my net; I will bring him into Babylon, the land of Chaldea, and he shall not see it, and there he shall die.14All who surround him—his helper and all his bands—I will scatter to every wind, and after them I will unsheathe the sword.15They shall know that I am the LORD when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.16Yet I will preserve from them a few men, survivors of the sword, of famine, and of pestilence, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations where they have gone, and they shall know that I am the LORD.17And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,18Son of man, you shall eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.19And you shall say to the people of the land, 'Thus said the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread in anxiety and drink their water in horror, because the land shall be made desolate on account of the violence of all its inhabitants.'20The inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the LORD.21And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,22Son of man, what is this proverb that you have concerning the land of Israel, when people say, 'The days grow long and every vision comes to nothing'?23Therefore say to them, 'Thus said the Lord GOD: I have put an end to this proverb, and it shall no longer be recited in Israel.' Instead, say to them, 'The days are drawing near, and the fulfillment of every vision.'24For there shall no longer be any false vision or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.25For I am the LORD; I will speak whatever word I speak, and it shall be performed; it shall not be postponed any longer. In your own days, O rebellious house, I will speak a word and carry it out, declares the Lord GOD.26And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,27Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision he sees concerns many days ahead, and he prophesies of times far off.'28Therefore say to them, 'Thus said the Lord GOD: None of the words I speak shall any longer be delayed, but the word I speak shall be done, declares the Lord GOD.'