"Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?" — Ezekiel 20:49

Ezekiel 20:49 · KJV

“Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?”

— Ezekiel 20:49

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Ezekiel 20 — Context

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 therein.

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Cross References

John 16:25

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. {proverbs: or, parables}

Matthew 13:13-14

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Acts 17:18

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. {babbler: or, base fellow}

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;