Ezekiel 12:11-21

11 Say, "I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity."
12 And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go out; he shall dig through the wall and carry it through; he shall cover his face, so that he may not see the land with his eyes.
13 I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it; and he shall die there.
14 I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will unsheathe the sword behind them.
15 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
16 But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go; then they shall know that I am the Lord.
17 The word of the Lord came to me:
18 Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
19 and say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, because their land shall be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who live in it.
20 The inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
21 The word of the Lord came to me:

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