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 composing parables?’” ^(A)

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