5 While they watch, dig a hole through the wall and go out through it.
6 While they watch, shoulder your load and go out in darkness. Cover your face so you cannot see the land, for I am making you a sign for the house of Israel!
7 I did just as I was commanded. During the day I brought out my bag, an exile’s bag. In the evening while they watched, I dug a hole through the wall with my hands and set out in darkness, shouldering my load.
8 In the morning, the word of the Lord came to me:
9 Son of man, did not the house of Israel, that house of rebels, say, “What are you doing?”
10 Tell them: Thus says the Lord God: This load is the prince in Jerusalem and the whole house of Israel within it.
11 Say, I am a sign for you: just as I have done, so it shall be done to them; into exile, as captives they shall go.