Ezekiel 17:2

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Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

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Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

I have also spoken to the prophets,
And I gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave parables.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.