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.
12 The prince among them shall shoulder his load in darkness and go out through the hole they dug in the wall to bring him out. His face shall be covered so that he cannot even see the ground.
13 I will spread my net over him and he shall be caught in my snare. I will bring him into Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans, though he shall not see it, and there he shall die.