"Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to you: 'What are you doing?'
And the word of the Lord came to me, in the morning, saying:
"Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon.
And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "
And the people said to me: "Why won't you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?"
Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: 'Will you not tell us what you intend by this?'