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

² Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

³ And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

⁴ By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

⁵ Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.

⁶ And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.

⁷ And I did as I was ordered: I took out my vessels by day, like those of one who is taken away, and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with a tent-pin; and in the dark I went out, taking my things on my back before their eyes.

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

⁹ Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

¹⁰ You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.

¹¹ Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.

¹² And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.

¹³ And my net will be stretched out on him, and he will be taken in my cords: and I will take him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldaeans; but he will not see it, and there death will come to him.

¹⁴ And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.

¹⁵ And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.

¹⁶ But a small number of them I will keep from the sword, from the need of food, and from disease, so that they may make clear all their disgusting ways among the nations where they come; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

¹⁷ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹⁸ Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;

¹⁹ And say to the people of the land, This is what the Lord has said about the people of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will take their food with care and their drink with wonder, so that all the wealth of their land may be taken from it because of the violent ways of the people living in it.

²⁰ And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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

²² Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?

²³ For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.

²⁴ For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.

²⁵ For I am the Lord; I will say the word and what I say I will do; it will not be put off: for in your days, O uncontrolled people, I will say the word and do it, says the Lord.

²⁶ Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

²⁷ Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.

²⁸ Say to them then, This is what the Lord has said: Not one of my words will be put off any longer, but what I Say I will do, says the Lord.

¹ And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

² And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

³ And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding.

⁴ And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

⁵ And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

⁶ And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

⁷ But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

⁸ And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

⁹ And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

¹⁰ And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.

¹¹ And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.