Ezekiel 17:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory to the house of Israel;

Cross References

Ezekiel 17:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 20:49

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

Ezekiel 21:5

and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.

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;

Hosea 12:10

I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

Hosea 12:11

If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to naught; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.