"Then getyourself an ironplateand setit up as an ironwallbetweenyou and the city,and setyour facetowardit so that it is under siege,and besiegeit. Thisis a signto the houseof Israel.
And the LORDsaid,"Evenas My servantIsaiahhas gonenakedand barefootthreeyearsas a signand tokenagainstEgyptand Cush,
Then your choicestvalleyswere fullof chariots,And the horsementookup fixedpositionsat the gate.
Behold,I and the childrenwhomthe LORDhas givenme are for signsand wondersin Israelfrom the LORDof hosts,who dwellson MountZion.
Now whenJerusalemwas capturedin the ninthyearof Zedekiahkingof Judah,in the tenthmonth,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonand allhis armycameto Jerusalemand laidsiegeto it;
in the eleventhyearof Zedekiah,in the fourthmonth,in the ninth[day] of the month,the city[wall] was breached.
"Say,I am a signto you. As I have done,soit will be doneto them; they will gointo exile,into captivity.'
"Load[the baggage] on [your] shoulderin their sight[and] carry[it] out in the dark.You shall coveryour faceso that you cannotseethe land,for I have setyou as a signto the houseof Israel."
"Onethirdyou shall burnin the fireat the centerof the city,when the daysof the siegeare completed.Then you shall takeonethirdand strike[it] with the swordallaroundthe city, and onethirdyou shall scatterto the wind;and I will unsheathea swordbehindthem.
"He will sethis faceto comewith the powerof his wholekingdom,bringing with him a proposalof peacewhich he will putinto effect;he will also givehim the daughterof womento ruinit. But she will not takea stand[for him] or be on his side.
Ifyour offeringis a grain offering[made] on the griddle,[it shall be] of fineflour,unleavened,mixedwith oil;
And Simeonblessedthem and saidto MaryHis mother,"Behold,this[Child] is appointedfor the falland riseof manyin Israel,and for a signto be opposed--
Godalso testifyingwith them, bothby signsand wondersand by variousmiraclesand by giftsof the HolySpiritaccordingto His own will.
