Ezekiel 12:5-6

5, 6. Dig thou through the wall… and carry it [LXX., go ] forth in the twilight Or, darkness (Genesis 15:17). They dare not attempt to leave the city by one of the gates, because of the watchfulness of the besieging army, but must attempt to break a way through the wall at a point less carefully guarded.

Thou shalt cover thy face… for I have set thee for a sign Or, portent. (See Ezekiel 12:11.) Representing the people, he carries out with him the provisions and other articles necessary for a hasty flight, and representing Prince Zedekiah, he goes forth with his face covered in shame and sorrow (Ezekiel 12:12; Ezekiel 24:17; 2 Samuel 15:30). There may also be a veiled prophecy that Zedekiah’s eyes are to be put out in the strange statement that he shall not see the ground (literally, land).