Ezekiel

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

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

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;

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

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.