Ezekiel 20:49
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: ‘Does this man not speak except through parables?’”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
In Context
48And all flesh will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it, and that it will not be extinguished.”
Cross References
Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,
John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:46-49
Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 592.) 45 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned… Read the whole commentary →