“ Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? ”
This paragraph is in the Hebrew text, Septuagint and Vulgate the beginning of Ezekiel 21 to which it belongs, as it contains a prophecy delivered in a form which is there explained. It may, howev...
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak (z) parables? (z) The people said that the prophet spoke darkly: therefore he desires the Lord to give them a plain declaration of it.
Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32 . The Terrible Sword of Nebuchadrezzar. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular...
parables. Thus intended to have the same purpose as the Lord's parables. See Matthew 13:11 .
DISCOURSE: 1110 MEN’S TREATMENT OF THE GOSPEL Ezekiel 20:49 . Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? THE word of God, by whomsoever spoken, should be received wi...
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Ah Lord God - O my God, consider my situation; who will believe what I shall say? They put the evil day far from them. Doth he n...
Doth he not speak parables?— Though these prophesies were clear enough, if they would have given themselves the trouble to have considered and compared them with the state of things; yet, as the un...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me. An introductory brief description, in enigma, of the destruction by fire and sword detailed mor...
§ 5. A Final series of Prophecies on the necessity of Israel's Punishment and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20-24) Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b.c. to Jan.-Feb. 587 b.c. This group includes a war...
Doth he not speak parables? — Or enigmas — things that we cannot understand. This the prophet did designedly, as he had done in other cases, to awaken the attention of the people to the explanation...
JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL Ezekiel 20:1-49 BY far the hardest trial of Ezekiel's faith must have been the conduct of his fellow-exiles. It was amongst them that he looked for the great s...
In this final section of the prophecies dealing with reprobation, the prophet in a series of messages set forth the righteousness thereof. In the seventh year of the reign of Jehoiachin, that is four...
This seems a new discourse, or, if it be not, it is only as a postscript to a letter. The former was delivered concerning the Church in Babylon, and this is directed concerning the people at Jerusale...
Then said I, ah Lord God !.... The Septuagint version is, "by no means, Lord, Lord"; that is, let me not be sent on such an errand; at least, let it not be delivered in such figurative terms; or let...
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Ver. 49. Doth he not speak parables? ] Nonne artifex est parabolarum iste? Qui erga non vult intelligi, vult negligi. a He...
Moreover, the word of the Lord , &c. Here we have a new prophecy, with which Houbigant, following many learned commentators, begins the xxist chapter, and that very properly; for what is contain...
Judgment and Mercy. B. C. 592. 45 Moreover the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying...
When the prophet had done his duty, and prophesied, and they should have heard and understood, he returns with a complaint of their quarrelling, censuring, flouting, and reproaching him for it: one w...
‘Then said I, “Ah, Lord Yahweh, they say of me, is he not one who tells stories (or ‘a riddler of riddles')?” ' Here we have a very human touch. In spite of being the mouthpiece of Yahweh Ezekiel is...
( Ezekiel 20:45-49 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES. The destruction of Jerusalem under the image of a forest devoured by fire. A comparison of these verses with Ezekiel 21:2-5 , shows that they belong properly...
Ezekiel 20:49 Nothing is more disheartening, if we must believe it to be true, than the language in which some persons talk of the difficulties of the Scriptures, and the absolute certainty that d...
Ezekiel 20:1 . The elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me. They still respected the divine καρισματα, or holy anointing of the Spirit; but they sought it for a reverse of...
Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables. Mystery and dogma in religion There is a tone of remonstrance and expostulation in these words of the prophet. He is evidently conscious...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 20:1 A new date is given, and includes what follows to Ezekiel 23:49 . The last note of time was in Ezekiel 8:1 , and eleven months and five days had passed, during whi...
The Picture of the Forest Fire
Acts 17:18 ; John 16:25 ; Matthew 13:13 ; Matthew 13:14
Parables — So absolutely, that we cannot understand him.