¹⁸ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

⁹ Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

¹⁹ And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

¹² Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon:

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?