I will inclinemy earto a proverb;I will expressmy riddleon the harp.
I will openmy mouthin a parable;I will utterdarksayingsof old,
To understanda proverband a figure,The wordsof the wiseand their riddles.
Then I said,"AhLordGOD!They are sayingof me, 'Is he not [just] speakingparables?'"
"In the latterperiodof their rule,When the transgressorshave run[their course], A kingwill arise,Insolentand skilledin intrigue.
With him I speakmouthto mouth,Even openly,and not in darksayings,And he beholdsthe formof the LORD.Whythen were you not afraidTo speakagainst My servant,against Moses?"
He tookup his discourseand said,"From AramBalakhas broughtme, Moab'skingfrom the mountainsof the East,ComecurseJacobfor me, And come,denounceIsrael!'
[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughthe prophet:"I WILL OPENMY MOUTHIN PARABLES;I WILL UTTERTHINGS HIDDENSINCETHE FOUNDATIONOF THE WORLD."
"Accordingly,whateveryou have saidin the darkwill be heardin the light,and whatyou have whisperedin the inner roomswill be proclaimedupon the housetops.
Thereforehavingsucha hope,we usegreatboldness in [our] speech,
