¹² “Now say to that rebellious house:^(A) Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials,^(B) and brought them back with him to Babylon.

⁴⁹ Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”^(A)

¹⁹ Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”