11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into bondage and captivity.

12 And the chiefest that is among them, shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall, to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

13 My net also will I spread upon [a]him, and he shall be taken in my net, and I will bring him to Babel to the land of the Chaldeans, yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 12:13 When the king shall think to escape by fleeing, I will take him in my net, as Ezek. 17:20 and 32:3.

11 Say to them, ‘I am a sign(A) to you.’

“As I have done, so it will be done to them. They will go into exile as captives.(B)

12 “The prince among them will put his things on his shoulder at dusk(C) and leave, and a hole will be dug in the wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.(D) 13 I will spread my net(E) for him, and he will be caught in my snare;(F) I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans,(G) but he will not see(H) it, and there he will die.(I)

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