¹⁸ When your people ask you what your actions mean,

¹⁹ Then the people asked, “What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?”

⁹ “Son of man, these rebels, the people of Israel, have asked you what all this means.

⁴⁹ Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”

¹² “Say to these rebels of Israel: Don’t you understand the meaning of this riddle of the eagles? The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes, and brought them to Babylon.