Isaiah 20:2

2at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking ^anaked and barefoot.

Jeremiah 13:1

The Ruined Loincloth

1Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and ^bput it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.”

Jeremiah 19:1-2

The Broken Flask

1Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy ^ca potter’s earthenware ^dflask, and take some of ^ethe elders of the people and some of ^fthe elders of the priests, 2and go out ^gto the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.

Ezekiel 4

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

1“And you, ^hson of man, ⁱtake a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 ^jAnd put siegeworks against it, ^kand build a siege wall against it, ^land cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, ^mand plant battering rams against it all around. 3And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; ⁿand set your face toward it, ^oand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is ^pa sign for the house of Israel.

4“Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment ▼

▼Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17

of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, ^ryou shall bear their punishment. 5For I assign to you a number of days, ^s390 days, ^tequal to the number of the years of their punishment. ^uSo long shall you bear ^vthe punishment of the house of Israel. 6And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ^wbear ^xthe punishment of the house of Judah. ^yForty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7 ^zAnd you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, ^aawith your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8And behold, ^abI will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed ^acthe days of your siege.

9“And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ▼

▼A type of wheat

and put them into a single vessel and make your ^aebread from them. ^afDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ^ag390 days, you shall eat it. 10And your food that you eat shall be ^ahby weight, ^aitwenty shekels ▼

▼A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

a day; from day to day ▼

▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11

you shall eat it. 11And water you shall drink ^alby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ▼

▼A  hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters

from day to day you shall drink. 12And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^anin their sight on human dung.” 13And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^aotheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14Then I said, ^ap“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ▼

▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean

^arFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^aswhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^attainted meat come into my mouth.” 15Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16Moreover, he said to me, ^au“Son of man, behold, ^avI will break the supply ▼

▼Hebrew staff

of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^axby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^ayby measure and in dismay. 17I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^azlook at one another in dismay, and ^barot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 5:1

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

1“And you, ^bbO son of man, take a ^bcsharp sword. Use it as ^bda barber’s razor and ^bepass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

Amos 7:7

7 ^bfThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with ^bga plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

Hebrews 1:1

The Supremacy of God’s Son

1Long ago, at many times and ^bhin many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,