“And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’
“Son of man, did not the house of Yisra’ĕ
“Please say to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these mean?’ Say, ‘See, the sovereign of Baḇ
And I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not speaking parables?’ ”
And the people said to me, “Would you not explain to us what these matters you are doing mean to us?”
“Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, ‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land shall take a man from their borders and shall make him their watchman,
say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am taking the stick of Yosĕ