When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out.p>

Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.

While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.

<p class="bodytext">He said to them, &#8220;Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!&#8221; So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

He said to me, &#8220;These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea,<n id="1" /> where the sea is stagnant,<n id="2" /> the waters become fresh.<n id="3" />

When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;When the people of the land come before the <sc>Lordsc> at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

<p class="bodytext">Then the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

&#8216;But I will take you out of the city.<n id="1" /> And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

<p class="poetry">It has tried my patience;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">yet its thick rot is not removed<n id="2" /> from it.p> <p class="poetry">Subject its rot to the fire!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall;p> <p class="poetry">the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When your products went out from the seas,p> <p class="poetry">you satisfied many peoples;p> <p class="poetry">with the abundance of your wealth and merchandisep> <p class="poetry">you enriched the kings of the earth.p>

<p class="bodytext">When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet,<n id="1" /> and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.

<p class="bodytext">So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage<n id="1" /> on my shoulder while they watched.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The prince<n id="1" /> who is among them will raise his belongings<n id="2" /> onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He<n id="3" /> will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem &#8211; for everything I brought on it.