Study Desk

"So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. ^(C1)Perhaps they will ^(F1)understand, though they are a rebellious house.

"Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you shall go out ^(C1)at evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile.

"Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and ^(F1)go out through it.

"Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall ^(C1)cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a ^(C2)sign to the house of Israel."

Then I ^(C1)did so, just as I had been commanded. By day I ^(C2)brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.