⁹ “Son of man, did not the Israelites, that rebellious people, ask you, ‘What are you doing?’^(A)

¹⁰ “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.’ ¹¹ Say to them, ‘I am a sign^(B) to you.’

“As I have done, so it will be done to them. They will go into exile as captives.^(C)

¹⁹ Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things have to do with us?^(A) Why are you acting like this?”