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

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

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

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

¹² Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;