23. Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done.
24. Ezekiel is an example for you; you will do just as he has done. And when that time comes, you will know that I am the Sovereign lord.”
25. Then the lord said to me, “Son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold—their joy and glory, their heart’s desire, their dearest treasure—I will also take away their sons and daughters.
26. And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.
27. And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the lord.”