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 said I, Ah! My Lord Yahweh: They are saying of me, Is not he a putter forth of parables?

The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king, - and they said unto the olive tree - Reign thou over us.

And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle, - if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment;

So then Yahweh sent Nathan the prophet unto David, - who therefore came unto him and said to him - Two men, there were in a certain city, the one, rich, and, the other, poor.

And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision, - and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.

For this reason, in parables, unto them, do I speak, - because, seeing, they see not, and, hearing, they hear not, - neither do they understand.

And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word, - according as they were able to hear;

For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.