Ezekiel 17:2

Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine

¹ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ² 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel, ³ and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

Children of Israel

House of Israel

People of Israel

Son of Man

Put Forth

Israel

Ezekiel 20:49

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?

Judges 9:8-15

'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

Judges 14:12-19

And Samson saith to them, 'Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me in the seven days of the banquet, and have found it out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments;

2 Samuel 12:1-4

And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

Ezekiel 24:3

and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set it on, and also to pour into it water,

Hosea 12:10

And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

Matthew 13:13-14

'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

Matthew 13:35

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

Mark 4:33-34

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

1 Corinthians 13:12

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;