Ezekiel 17:2 Cross References - NSB

² »Son of man, tell this riddle. Give this illustration to the nation of Israel.

⁸ »The trees went out to anoint a king over them. They said to the olive tree: ‘Be our king.’ ⁹ »‘The olive tree answered: ‘I would have to stop producing my oil in order to govern you. My oil is used to honor gods and human beings.’ ¹⁰ »‘Then the trees said to the fig tree: ‘Come and be our king.’ ¹¹ »‘The fig tree replied: ‘I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit that I may govern you.’ ¹² »‘Then the trees spoke to the grapevine: ‘You come and be our king.’ ¹³ »‘But the vine answered: ‘I could not govern you for I would have to stop producing my wine. It makes gods and human beings happy.’ ¹⁴ »‘So then all the trees said to the thorn bush: ‘You come and be our king!« ¹⁵ »‘The thorn bush answered: ‘If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you do not, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.’

¹² Samson said to them: »Let me tell you a riddle. If you can tell me the meaning before the seven days of the wedding feast are over, I will give each of you a piece of fine linen and a change of fine clothes.« »Tell us your riddle,« they said: »Let us hear it.« ¹³ »If you cannot tell me the answer you must give me thirty pieces of fine linen and thirty sets of fine clothes.« »Tell us the riddle,« they said. ¹⁴ He said: »Out of the eater came something to eat; Out of the strong came something sweet.« Three days later they still could not figure out the riddle. ¹⁵ On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife: »Trick your husband into telling us what the riddle means. If you do not, we will burn your father’s house with you in it. Did you invite us here to rob us?« ¹⁶ Samson’s wife approached him in tears and said: »You do not love me! You just hate me! You told my friends a riddle and did not tell me it’s meaning!« He said: »I have not told my father and mother. Why should I tell you?« ¹⁷ She cried about it for the whole seven days of the feast. She nagged him so that on the seventh day he told her what the riddle meant. Then she told the Philistines. ¹⁸ On the seventh day, before Samson went into the bedroom, the men of the city said to him: »What could be sweeter than honey? What could be stronger than a lion?« Samson replied: »If you had not been plowing with my cow, you would not know the answer now.« ¹⁹ Suddenly the power of Jehovah made him strong. He went to Ashkelon, where he killed thirty men. He stripped them and gave their fine clothes to the men who had solved the riddle. He returned home, furious about what had happened.

¹ Jehovah sent Nathan to David. Nathan came to him and said: »There were two men in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor. ² »The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle. ³ But the poor man had only one little female lamb that he bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter to him. ⁴ »Now, a visitor came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the traveler.«

⁴⁹ Then I said: Oh no! Lord Jehovah, no! The people already say that I am only telling stories (a figure of speech or a parable).

³ »Speak a parable to the rebellious house. Say to them: The Lord Jehovah says, »Put on the cooking pot, put it on and also pour water in it.

¹⁰ »I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions. I taught lessons through the prophets.

¹³ »I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand. ¹⁴ »The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. ‘By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.

³⁵ That which was spoken through the prophet was fulfilled, saying: »I will open my mouth in illustrations. I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.«

³³ He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen. ³⁴ He spoke only with illustrations. However he made all things clear to his disciples in private.

¹² For now we see in a mirror dimly, and then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.