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10 Answer them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “This oracle concerns the prince of Jerusalem and the whole of Israel’s house that is in their midst.
11 Tell them, ‘I’m a sign for you. Just as I enacted it, it’s going to happen to them. They’ll go into exile and captivity.
12 Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They’ll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won’t be able to see the land with his eyes.
13 But I’ll throw my net over him. As a result, he’ll be captured with my net, and with it I’ll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won’t see it, though he’ll die there.
14 I’ll scatter every attendant who surrounds him, along with his entire army, to every wind. When I unsheathe my sword to pursue them,
15 they’ll learn that I am the LORD, when I’ve dispersed them among the nations and scattered them throughout the earth.”’”
16The Purpose of the Surviving Remnant“But I’ll preserve a few people out of the violent death, famine, and pestilence, so they can recount their detestable practices among the nations when they’ll go there. Then they’ll know that I am the LORD.”
17The Coming DevastationThis message came to me from the LORD:
18 “Son of Man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
19 Then tell the people of the land, ‘This is what the LORD says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to Israel’s land: “They’ll eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in trepidation, because their land will be desolate in its entirety due to all the violence committed by all who live in it.
20 The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they’ll learn that I am the LORD.”’”
21The Coming Fulfillment of VisionsLater, this message came to me from the LORD:
22 “Son of Man, what’s this proverb you have concerning Israel’s land that says, ‘The days pass slowly and every vision ends in nothing.’?
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