³ Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years ^(A)for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,

³ Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be ^(A)besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. ^(B)This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

⁶ In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, ^(A)for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

¹¹ Say, ^(A)‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it be done to them; ^(B)they shall be carried away into captivity.’

Seeking a Sign^(A)

^29 (B)And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a ^(C)sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah ^[a]the prophet.

³⁰ For as ^(A)Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.