aiSee Judg. 8:27
ajSee Gen. 31:19
Isaiah 8:18
18 aBehold, I and bthe children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.Isaiah 20:3
3Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years cas a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, ▼▼Probably Nubia
Ezekiel 4:3
3And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; eand set your face toward it, fand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is ga sign for the house of Israel.Ezekiel 12:6
6In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you ha sign for the house of Israel.”Ezekiel 12:11
11Say, i‘I am a sign for you: jas I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’Hosea 1:2-9
Hosea’s Wife and Children
2When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, k“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have lchildren of whoredom, for mthe land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.4And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while nI will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and oI will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5And on that day pI will break the bow of Israel qin the Valley of Jezreel.”
6She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, r“Call her name No Mercy, ▼
▼Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy
for tI will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7But uI will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I vwill not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.” 8When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. 9And the Lord said, w“Call his name Not My People, ▼
▼Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people
for yyou are not my people, and I am not your God.” ▼▼Hebrew I am not yours
Hosea 3:1-4
Hosea Redeems His Wife
1And the Lord said to me, aa“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a abhomer and a lethech ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters
of barley. 3And I said to her, “You must addwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” 4For the children of Israel aeshall dwell many days afwithout king or prince, agwithout sacrifice or ahpillar, without aiephod or ajhousehold gods. Luke 11:29-30
The Sign of Jonah
29 akWhen the crowds were increasing, he began to say, al“This generation is an evil generation. amIt seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30For as anJonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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