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Ezekiel 17:2

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“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 2

God was, in the foregoing chapter, reckoning with the people of Judah, and bringing ruin upon them for their treachery in breaking covenant with him; in this chapter he is reckoning with the king of Judah for his treachery in breaking covenant with the king of Babylon; for when God came to contend with them he found many grounds of his controversy. The thing was now in doing: Zedekiah was practising with the king of Egypt underhand for assistance in a treacherous project he had formed to shake off the yoke of the king of Babylon, and violate the homage and fealty he had sworn to him. For this God by the prophet here, I. Threatens the ruin of him and his kingdom, by a parable of two eagles and a vine (Eze 17:1-10), and the explanation of that parable (Eze 17:11-21). But, in the close, II. He promises hereafter to raise the royal family of Judah again, the house of David, in the Messiah and his kingdom (Eze 17:22-24).

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Strong's Concordancev. 2

בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… אָדָם (ʼâdâm, H120) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) חוּד (chûwd, H2330) — properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle חִידָה (chîydâh, H2420) — a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim מָשַׁל (mâshal, H4911) — to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the… מָשָׁל (mâshâl, H4912) — properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage,… בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Ezekiel 20:49rank 5

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

Matthew 13:35rank 3

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Ezekiel 24:3rank 2

Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

I Corinthians 13:12rank 2

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Hosea 12:10rank 2

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

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