Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 20:49

"Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?" — Ezekiel 20:49 (ASV)

Does he not speak parables? —Or enigmas—things that we cannot understand. This the prophet did intentionally, as he had done in other cases, to awaken the attention of the people to the explanation he was about to give.