1And the answer of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying: 2“Son of man, you dwell within a rebellious house, because they have eyes and do not see, and they have ears and they do not hear, for they are a rebellious house 3But you, son of man, make for yourself garments of captivity and be taken captive by day in their sight from your place to another place, that they will see, for they are a rebellious house 4And bring out your garments as garments of captivity by day in their sight, and go out in the evening as those in captivity 5And break through the wall in their sight and come out in it 6And pick up the baggage on your shoulders and come out in thick darkness, and cover your face that you will not see the land, because I have set you as a sign for the house of Israel

7And I did so as he commanded me. I brought out my baggage by day as the baggage of captivity, and I broke through the wall in the evening, and I went out in thick darkness and I carried it on my shoulder in their sight

8And the response of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me at dawn, saying: 9“Son of man, if they of the house of Israel, a rebellious house, say to you, what are you doing? 10Say to them, “Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘The Prince shall carry this baggage in Jerusalem and all of the house of Israel with him” 11And say to them, “I am your sign, according to what you have done, so it shall be done to you and you shall go into captivity 12And the Prince who is among you shall carry it on his shoulder, and in thick darkness will go out and will break through a wall, and he will go forth in it and he shall cover his face that he will not see the land 13And I shall spread my net over him and he shall be caught in it, and I shall bring him to Babel to the land of the Chaldeans, and he shall not look at it, and there he shall die 14And all that are around him and those helping him and supporting him I shall scatter to every wind, and I shall send the sword after them 15And they shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who scattered them among the nations, and I scattered them into the lands 16And I shall spare some men of them, by number, from the sword, and from famine, and from plague, that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they went to them, and they shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH”

17And the answer of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying 18“Son of man, your bread you shall eat with trembling and you shall drink your water with trembling and with fear 19And say to the people of the land: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: they shall eat their bread in fear and they shall drink their water in shock, because the land in its fullness has become desolate from the evil of all its inhabitants 20And the cities that are inhabited shall be desolate, and the land will be for destruction, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH

21And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying 22“Son of man, what is this parable that is spoken concerning you in the land of Israel, and they are saying, ‘The days are prolonged and every vision shall be cut off’? 23Because of this, say to them: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS, I will bring this proverb to nothing, and they shall not speak this parable again in Israel, but say to them, “The days shall come near and every vision shall come to be” 24And there shall not be any lying vision and divination of deception again among the children of Israel 25Because I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I have spoken and I speak the word and I do it, and I do not delay, and in your days, rebellious household, I shall speak the word and I shall do it, says THE LORD OF LORDS

26And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying 27“Son of man, behold those of the house of Israel say: ‘The vision that this one sees is for many days, and he prophesies for distant times’ 28Because of this, say to them: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: there shall be no more delay to my words; the word that I spoke I will do it, says THE LORD OF LORDS’”