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 …

Say now to the rebellious house
It had been a rebellious house to God, and to his prophets, before; see ([Reference …

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…