“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Say now to the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”
And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”
“And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’—