Moreover the word of the Lord. —The form of expression leaves it uncertain whether the explanation of the parable was given at the same ti…

An explanation of the allegory is now added. The figure being dropped, God shows what He had until now set forth enigmatically. We said the object …

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying .
] Here follows the explanation of the above riddle and parable,…

The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his b…