1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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2Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking house: who have eyes to see, and see not: and ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a provoking house.

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Jeremiah 5:21, Mark 4:12, Jeremiah 5:21, Mark 4:12, Psalms 78:40

3Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries for removing, and remove by day into their sight: and thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking house.

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Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 36:3, 2 Timothy 2:25, Jeremiah 26:3, 2 Timothy 2:25

4And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou shalt go forth in the evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that removeth his dwelling.

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Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:4, Ezekiel 12:12, 2 Kings 25:4, Ezekiel 12:12

5Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it.

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Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:4, 2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:4

6In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men's shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the dark: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: for I have set thee for a sign of things to come to the house of Israel.

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Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 4:3, Isaiah 8:18, Ezekiel 24:24, Isaiah 8:18

7I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth: and in the evening I digged through the wall with my hand, and I went forth in the dark, and was carried on men's shoulders in their sight.

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Ezekiel 24:18, Ezekiel 24:18, Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:10, Ezekiel 37:7

8And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning, saying:

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9Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to thee: What art thou doing?

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Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 17:12, Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 17:12, Ezekiel 20:49

10Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel, that are among them.

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2 Kings 9:25, Isaiah 13:1, 2 Kings 9:25, Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 14:28

11Say: I am a sign of things to come to you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall be removed from their dwellings, and go into captivity.

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Jeremiah 52:15, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 52:15, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 52:28

12And the prince that is in the midst of them, shall be carried on shoulders, he shall go forth in the dark: they shall dig through the wall to bring him out: his face shall be covered, that he may not see the ground with his eyes.

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2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 39:4, 2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 39:4, Ezekiel 12:6

13And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, into the land of the Chaldeans, and he shall not see it, and there he shall die.

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Hosea 7:12, Ezekiel 17:20, Jeremiah 39:7, Hosea 7:12, Ezekiel 17:20

14And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops I will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out the sword after them.

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Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 17:21, 2 Kings 25:4, 2 Kings 25:5

15And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have dispersed them among the nations, and scattered them in the countries.

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Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 12:20

16And I will leave a few men of them from the sword, and from the famine, and from the pestilence: that they may declare all their wicked deeds among the nations whither they shall go: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23, Ezekiel 6:8, Ezekiel 6:10, Jeremiah 22:8

17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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18Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble and drink thy water in hurry and sorrow.

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Lamentations 5:9, Lamentations 5:9, Psalms 60:2, Psalms 60:3, Leviticus 26:26

19And say to the people of the land: Thus saith the Lord God to them that dwell in Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread in care, and drink their water in desolation: that the land may become desolate from the multitude that is therein, for the iniquity of all that dwell therein.

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Zechariah 7:14, Zechariah 7:14, Micah 7:13, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 6:6

20And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Jeremiah 4:7, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 7:24, Jeremiah 4:7, Isaiah 7:23

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

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22Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail.

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Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 11:3

23Say to them therefore: Thus saith the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, neither shall it be any more a common saying in Israel: and tell them that the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

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Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Ezekiel 7:5

24For there shall be no more any vain visions, nor doubtful divination in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Ezekiel 13:23, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:4, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:16

25For I the Lord will speak: and what word soever I shall speak, it shall come to pass, and shall not be prolonged any more: but in your days, ye provoking house, I will speak the word, and will do it, saith the Lord God.

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Habakkuk 1:5, Isaiah 55:11, Ezekiel 12:28, Habakkuk 1:5, Isaiah 55:11

26And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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27Son of man, behold the house of Israel, they that say: The visions that this man seeth, is for many days to come: and this man prophesieth of times afar off.

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Daniel 10:14, Daniel 10:14, Ezekiel 12:22, 2 Peter 3:4, Ezekiel 12:22

28Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: not one word of mine shall be prolonged any more: the word that I shall speak shall be accomplished, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 12:23, Ezekiel 12:25, Ezekiel 12:23, Ezekiel 12:25, 1 Thessalonians 5:2