Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And say, thus saith the Lord God,.... The riddle is not the prophet's, nor the parable his, but the Lord God's; and…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Son of man, put forth a riddle - Riddle, Anglo-Saxon, from to divine; a thing that must be curiously investigated and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 17:1-21
We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a riddle As requiring interpretation; the passage is also called a "parable," as containing a similitude or comparison.…
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