Ezekiel 17:2
'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
In Context
1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Cross References
Judges 9:8'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
2 Samuel 12:1And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;
Ezekiel 21:5And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.
Hosea 12:10And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
Matthew 13:13'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
Mark 4:33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
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 →