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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. 13 (A) The Lord will spread out a net and trap him as he leaves Jerusalem. He will then be led away to the city of Babylon, but will never see that place,[a] even though he will die there.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.13 He will then be led away … that place: According to 2 Kings 25.6,7, King Zedekiah of Judah was blinded before he was taken to Babylon.

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