Ezekiel 17:12
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“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
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Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’