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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying,

"Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

"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. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

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

Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

"Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

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

In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

Then I did so, just as I had been commanded. By day I 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.

And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

"Son of man, has the house of Israel, the rebellious house, not said to you, 'What are you doing?'

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

"Say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "This pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are in it."'

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

"Say, 'I am a sign to you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.'

Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

"The prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out through it. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

"I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My net. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

"And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

"So they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

And they shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

"But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine, and plague so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the LORD."

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord .