^{10 Ref} You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.

^{11 Ref} Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.

^{12 Ref} And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.

^{13 Ref} And my net will be stretched out on him, and he will be taken in my cords: and I will take him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldaeans; but he will not see it, and there death will come to him.

^{14 Ref} And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.

^{15 Ref} And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.

^{16 Ref} But a small number of them I will keep from the sword, from the need of food, and from disease, so that they may make clear all their disgusting ways among the nations where they come; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

¹⁷ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

^{18 Ref} Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;

^{19 Ref} And say to the people of the land, This is what the Lord has said about the people of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will take their food with care and their drink with wonder, so that all the wealth of their land may be taken from it because of the violent ways of the people living in it.

^{20 Ref} And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

²¹ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

^{22 Ref} Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?