Ezekiel

⁴⁴And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD ⁴⁵And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ⁴⁶Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South; ⁴⁷and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby. ⁴⁸And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. ⁴⁹Then said I, Ah Lord GOD they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?