5 Dig a hole through the wall while they watch. Bring your things out through the hole.
6 Lift them onto your shoulders with the people watching. Carry them out in the dark. Cover your face so you cannot see the ground. I have made you a sign to the people of Israel.”
7 I did these things as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my things. I was packed, ready to go away as a captive. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I brought my things out in the dark. I carried them on my shoulders. And the people saw all this.
8 Then in the morning the Lord spoke his word to me. He said:
9 “Human being, Israel refuses to obey. Didn’t those people ask you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: This message is about the king in Jerusalem. And it is about all the people of Israel who live there.’
11 Say, ‘I am a sign to you.’“The same things I have done will be done to the people in Jerusalem. They will be taken away from their country as captives.