4 Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile. 5 As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it. 6 And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 12:4–6
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