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10 So he sent me back to tell them:

The Lord God has a message for the leader of Jerusalem and everyone living there!

11 I have done these things to show them what will happen when they are taken away as prisoners.

12 The leader of Jerusalem will lift his own bag to his shoulders at sunset and leave through a hole that the others have dug in the wall of his house. He will cover his face, so he can't see the land he is leaving.

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10 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.’ 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)

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