Ezekiel 20:49

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Cross References

Ezekiel 12:9

Mortal, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, “What are you doing?”

Ezekiel 17:2

O mortal, propound a riddle and speak an allegory to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 21:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 24:3

And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot; set it on; pour in water also;

Ezekiel 37:18

And when your people say to you, “Will you not show us what you mean by these?”

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! I have never defiled myself; from my youth up until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has carrion flesh come into my mouth.”

Hosea 12:10

I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets I will bring destruction.

John 16:25

“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but will tell you plainly of the Father.

Acts 17:18

Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)