King James Version
Ezekiel 17:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;”
Ezekiel 17:2 · KJV
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged , full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: divers: Heb. embroidering
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and speak”
H4911to liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
“a parable”
H4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
“unto the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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