Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Then I said, 'Oh God! Everyone's saying about me, Doesn't he just speak in riddles all the time?'
Even prophets get frustrated when people think they're being too cryptic.
📚 Historical Context
Ezekiel was a prophet among the exiled Jews in Babylon during the 6th century BC, delivering God's messages of judgment and calls for repentance amid their captivity. In Ezekiel 20, he recounts Israel's long history of rebellion against God, using vivid prophecies to warn the people, but they accused him of speaking in obscure parables that they found hard to grasp. This reflects the cultural practice in ancient Israel where prophets often employed symbolic language to convey divine truths, yet audiences sometimes resisted or dismissed these messages.
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