Then said I, "O LORD, they will say of me, 'Tush, they are but fables that he telleth.'"

I have spoken through the prophets, and showed divers visions, and declared myself by the ministration of the prophets.

I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

to fulfill that which was spoken by the prophet saying, "I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world."