Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
In Context
48All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”
Cross References
Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
John 16:25“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about 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 →