'Comparison' in the Bible

Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:

No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.