“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;”
Ezekiel 17:2 (KJV) |
Ezekiel 17:2
From Ezekiel 17, in the Book of Ezekiel (Old Testament).
Read in Context
1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.