Ezekiel 17:2 Cross References - Rotherham

² Son of man, Put thou forth a riddle, And speak thou a parable,––Unto the house of Israel:

⁸ The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king,––and they said unto the olive tree––Reign thou over us. ⁹ But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, which, in me, gods and men do honour,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹⁰ Then said the trees unto the fig–tree,––Come! thou reign over us. ¹¹ But the fig–tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and mine excellent increase,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹² Then said the trees unto the vine,––Come! thou, reign over us. ¹³ But the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, that rejoiceth gods and men,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹⁴ Then said all the trees, unto the bramble,––Come, thou, to reign over us. ¹⁵ And the bramble said unto the trees, If, in truth, ye are about to anoint me to be king over you, come, take refuge in my shade,––but, if not, there shall come forth fire out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

¹² And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle,––if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment; ¹³ but, if ye cannot tell me, then shall, ye, give me thirty linen wraps, and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them––Out of the eater, came forth food, And, out of the strong, came forth sweetness. But they could not tell the riddle, in three days. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, on the fourth day, that they said to Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father, with fire. Was it not, to impoverish us, that ye invited us––was it not? ¹⁶ And the wife of Samson wept upon him, and said––Thou dost, altogether hate me, and dost not love me, a riddle, hast thou put forth to the sons of my people, and, unto me, thou hast not told it! And he said to her, Lo! to my own father and mother, have I not told it, and, to thee, shall I tell it? ¹⁷ So she wept upon him the seven days,––while their banquet lasted,––and it came to pass, on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him, and she told the riddle unto the sons of her people. ¹⁸ And the men of the city said to him, on the seventh day––ere yet the sun went in, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle! ¹⁹ And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote of them thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes [of raiment] to them who had told the riddle,––and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

¹ So then Yahweh sent Nathan the prophet unto David,––who therefore came unto him and said to him––Two men, there were in a certain city, the one, rich, and, the other, poor. ² The, rich, man had flocks and herds exceeding many; ³ whereas the, poor, man had, nothing,––save one little lamb, which he had made his own, and sustained, and it had grown up with him and with his children, all together,––of his own morsel, used it to eat, and, out of his own cup, used it to drink, and, in his own bosom, used it to lie, and it was to him, as a daughter. ⁴ Now there came a traveller to the rich man, but he thought it a pity to take of his own flock, or his own herd, to make ready for the wayfarer who had come to him,––so he took the lamb of his poor neighbour, and made ready for the man who had come to him.

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh: They, are saying of me, Is, not he a, putter forth of parables?

³ Put thou forth, therefore, against the perverse house, a parable, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Set on the caldron, set it on, Moreover also, pour into it water:

¹⁰ And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision,––and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.

¹³ For this reason, in parables, unto them, do I speak,––because, seeing, they see not, and, hearing, they hear not,––neither do they understand. ¹⁴ And, again is being fulfilled in them, the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith,––They shall, surely hear, and yet will not understand, and, surely see, and yet not perceive;

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying––I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!

³³ And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word,––according as they were able to hear; ³⁴ but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them,––privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.

¹² For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.