1 The word of the LORD also came to me, saying  2 Son of man , you dwells 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  3 Therefore, you son of man , prepare you stuff for removing , and remove by day in their sight ; and you will remove from your place to another place in their sight : it may be they will consider , even though they [be] a rebellious house  4 Then will you bring forward your stuff by day in their sight , as stuff for removing : and you will go forward at even in their sight , as those go forward into captivity  5 Dig you through the wall in their sight , and carry out  6 In their sight will you bear [it] on [your] shoulders , [and] carry [it] forward in the twilight : you will cover your face , that you see not the ground : for I have set you [for] a sign to the house of Israel  7 And I did so as I was commanded : I brought forward my stuff by day , as stuff for captivity , and in the even I dug through the wall with mine hand ; I brought [it] forward in the twilight , [and] I bare [it] on [my] shoulder in their sight  8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD to me, saying  9 Son of man , has not the house of Israel , the rebellious house , said to you, What doest  10 Say you to them, So says the Lord GOD ; This burden [concerns] the prince in Jerusalem , and all the house of Israel that [are] among  11 Say , I [am] your sign : like as I have done , so will it be done to them: they will remove [and] go into captivity  12 And the prince that [is] among them will bear on [his] shoulder in the twilight , and will go forward : they will dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he will cover his face , that he see not the ground with [his] eyes  13 My net also will I spread on him, and he will be taken in my snare : and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans ; yet will he not see it, even though he will die  14 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  15 And they will know that I [am] the LORD , when I will scatter them among the nations , and disperse them in the countries  16 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 where they come ; and they will know that I [am] the LORD  17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying  18 Son of man , eat your bread with quaking , and drink your water with trembling and with carefulness  19 And say to the people of the land , So says the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem , [and] of the land of Israel ; They will eat their bread with carefulness , and drink their water with astonishment , that her land may be desolate from all that is in it , because of the violence of all them that dwell  20 And the cities that are inhabited will be laid waste , and the land will be desolate ; and you will know that I [am] the LORD  21 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying  22 Son of man , what [is] that proverb [that] you have in the land of Israel , saying , The days are prolonged , and every vision fails  23 Tell them therefore, So says the Lord GOD ; I will make this proverb to cease , and they will no more use it as a proverb in Israel ; but say to them, The days are at hand , and the effect of every vision  24 For there will be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel  25 For I [am] the LORD : I will speak , and the word that I will speak will come to pass ; it will be no more prolonged : for in your days , O rebellious house , will I say the word , and will perform it, says the Lord GOD  26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying  27 Son of man , see, [they of] the house of Israel say , The vision that he sees [is] for many days [to come], and he prophesies of the times [that are] far  28 Therefore say to them, So says the Lord GOD ; There will none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken will be done , says the Lord GOD