Ezekiel 17:2 Cross References - MLV

² Son of man, put forth a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

⁸ The trees went forth a time to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign over us. ⁹ But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which by me they honor God and man and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ¹⁰ And the trees said to the fig tree, You come and reign over us. ¹¹ But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
¹² And the trees said to the vine, You come and reign over us. ¹³ And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
¹⁴ Then all the trees said to the bramble, You come and reign over us. ¹⁵ And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you* anoint me king over you*, then come and take refuge in my shade and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

¹² And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you*. If you* can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast and find it out, then I will give you* thirty linen garments and thirty changes of garments, ¹³ but if you* cannot declare it to me, then you* will give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of garments.
And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them, Out of the eater came out food and out of the strong came out sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.
¹⁵ And it happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you* called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?
¹⁶ And Samson's wife wept before him and said, You do but hate me and not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor my mother and shall I tell you?
¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day, that he told her because she pressed him greatly. And she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
¹⁸ And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you* had not plowed with my heifer, you* would not have found out my riddle.
¹⁹ And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and he went down to Ashkelon and killed* thirty men of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of garments to those who declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled and he went up to his father's house.

¹ And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said to him, There were two men in one city: the one rich and the other poor. ² The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds, ³ but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together with him and with his sons. It ate of his own morsel and drank of his own cup and lay in his bosom and was to him as a daughter.
⁴ And there came a traveler to the rich man and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man who came to him, but took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man who came to him.

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

³ And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus: Set on the caldron. Set it on and also pour water into it.

¹⁰ I have also spoken to the prophets and I have multiplied visions. And I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

¹³ Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, ‘In hearing you will hear and may never understand, and seeing you will see and may never know;

³⁵ that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘I will open my mouth in parables. I will be uttering things which have been hidden from the conception of the world.’

³³ And he was speaking the word to them with many such parables, as they were able to hear it. ³⁴ But he was not speaking to them without a parable, but privately he was interpreting all things for his disciples.

{Mat 13:36-53.}

¹² For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. I know now partially, but then I will fully know just-as I was also fully known.