Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
Judges 9:8One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.
2 Samuel 12:1And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
Ezekiel 21:5And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
Hosea 12:10\12:9\But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
Matthew 13:13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Mark 4:33And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 17:2-22
The Parable of the Eagles; The Parable Explained; Ruin of Zedekiah Predicted. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of… Read the whole commentary →